Globe Thistle vs Northern Raphia

Echinops exaltatus compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Echinops	Raphia
Species	Echinops exaltatus	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle	Northern Raphia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.