Duckweed vs Harmless Serotine

Lemna perpusilla compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Harmless Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lemna	Eptesicus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Harmless Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.