Castor vs Chickpea blight

Ricinus communis compared with Mycosphaerella rabiei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor	Chickpea blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Mycosphaerellales (Mycosphaerellales)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus	Ricinus	Mycosphaerella
Species	Ricinus communis	Mycosphaerella rabiei

Conservation Status

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Chickpea blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor	Chickpea blight
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Chickpea blight

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Chickpea blight

The Chickpea blight (Mycosphaerella rabiei) is a species in the genus Mycosphaerella. Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States