Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort vs New Zealand Pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata compared with Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae

Key Differences

• Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort is Least Concern while New Zealand Pennywort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	New Zealand Pennywort
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
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 novae-zeelandiae

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

New Zealand Pennywort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	New Zealand 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.

New Zealand Pennywort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).