Cuckoo-Bread vs 'Ihi

Oxalis acetosella compared with Oxalis corniculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	'Ihi
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family same	Oxalidaceae	Oxalidaceae
Genus same	Oxalis	Oxalis
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Oxalis corniculata

Evolutionary Relationship

Cuckoo-Bread and 'Ihi share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	'Ihi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

'Ihi

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 7 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States