Brazilian pennywort vs Floating Marsh-pennywort

Hydrocotyle leucocephala compared with Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Key Differences

• Brazilian pennywort is Not Evaluated while Floating Marsh-pennywort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brazilian pennywort	Floating Marsh-pennywort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Apiales (Doldenblütlerartige)	Apiales (Doldenblütlerartige)
Family same	Araliaceae	Araliaceae
Genus same	Hydrocotyle	Hydrocotyle
Species	Hydrocotyle leucocephala	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Evolutionary Relationship

Brazilian pennywort and Floating Marsh-pennywort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Hydrocotyle.

Conservation Status

Brazilian pennywort

NE — Not Evaluated

Floating Marsh-pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brazilian pennywort	Floating Marsh-pennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brazilian pennywort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Taiwan.

Floating Marsh-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).

Brazilian pennywort

The Brazilian pennywort (Hydrocotyle leucocephala) is a species in the genus Hydrocotyle. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia