floating pennywort vs Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides compared with Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Key Differences

• floating pennywort is Least Concern while Lawn Marshpennywort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	floating pennywort	Lawn Marshpennywort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Apiales (Apiales)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family same	Araliaceae	Araliaceae
Genus same	Hydrocotyle	Hydrocotyle
Species	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides	Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Evolutionary Relationship

floating pennywort and Lawn Marshpennywort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Hydrocotyle.

Conservation Status

floating pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Lawn Marshpennywort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	floating pennywort	Lawn Marshpennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

floating pennywort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zambia), Asia (5 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Lawn Marshpennywort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇸🇪 Sweden