candelabra aloe vs Ferny Azolla

Aloe arborescens compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	candelabra aloe	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Asphodelaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aloe	Azolla
Species	Aloe arborescens	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

candelabra aloe and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

candelabra aloe

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	candelabra aloe	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

candelabra aloe

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

candelabra aloe

The candelabra aloe (Aloe arborescens) is a species in the genus Aloe. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan