black currant-tree vs Floating Fern

Antidesma ghaesembilla compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• black currant-tree is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black currant-tree	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Phyllanthaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Antidesma	Salvinia
Species	Antidesma ghaesembilla	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

black currant-tree and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

black currant-tree

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black currant-tree	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black currant-tree

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Guyana.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

black currant-tree

The Black Currant-Tree (Antidesma ghaesembilla) is a species in the genus Antidesma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found in Guyana.