Buttonhead Pipewort vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Buttonhead Pipewort is Least Concern while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Eriocaulon	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.