Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort vs marsh pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata compared with Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Key Differences

• Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort is Least Concern while marsh pennywort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	marsh pennywort
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 umbellata	Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Evolutionary Relationship

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort and marsh pennywort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Hydrocotyle.

Conservation Status

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

marsh pennywort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	marsh pennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Thailand.

marsh pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits temperate grasslands and steppes and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Asia (Georgia, Japan, Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.