bushman's-poison vs Vegetable fern

Acokanthera oppositifolia compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bushman's-poison	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Acokanthera	Diplazium
Species	Acokanthera oppositifolia	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

bushman's-poison and Vegetable fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

bushman's-poison

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bushman's-poison	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bushman's-poison

Habitat

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

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

bushman's-poison

The Bushman's-poison (Acokanthera oppositifolia) is a species in the genus Acokanthera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.