buschige Fischschwanzpalme vs Snake Palm

Caryota mitis compared with Caryota ophiopellis

Key Differences

• buschige Fischschwanzpalme is Least Concern while Snake Palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	buschige Fischschwanzpalme	Snake Palm
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Arecales (Palmenartige)	Arecales (Palmenartige)
Family same	Arecaceae	Arecaceae
Genus same	Caryota	Caryota
Species	Caryota mitis	Caryota ophiopellis

Evolutionary Relationship

buschige Fischschwanzpalme and Snake Palm share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Caryota.

Conservation Status

buschige Fischschwanzpalme

LC — Least Concern

Snake Palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	buschige Fischschwanzpalme	Snake Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

buschige Fischschwanzpalme

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Snake Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

buschige Fischschwanzpalme

The Burmese fishtail palm (Caryota mitis) is a species in the genus Caryota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.