Creeping water Primrose vs water-primrose

Ludwigia adscendens compared with Ludwigia octovalvis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Creeping water Primrose	water-primrose
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family same	Onagraceae	Onagraceae
Genus same	Ludwigia	Ludwigia
Species	Ludwigia adscendens	Ludwigia octovalvis

Evolutionary Relationship

Creeping water Primrose and water-primrose share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ludwigia.

Conservation Status

Creeping water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

water-primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Creeping water Primrose	water-primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Creeping water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), and North America (Honduras).

water-primrose

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇰🇲 Comoros 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇹🇼 Taiwan