Buffalo Sallow-wattle vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acacia phlebophylla compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Buffalo Sallow-wattle is Critically Endangered while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Sallow-wattle	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Fabaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acacia	Marsilea
Species	Acacia phlebophylla	Marsilea minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

Buffalo Sallow-wattle and Dwarf Water Clover share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Buffalo Sallow-wattle

CR — Critically Endangered

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Sallow-wattle	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buffalo Sallow-wattle

Habitat

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

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Buffalo Sallow-wattle

The Buffalo Sallow-Wattle (Acacia phlebophylla) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.