Butterfly-leaf vs Vegetable fern

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Fabaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Adenolobus	Diplazium
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

Butterfly-leaf and Vegetable fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

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.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.