Cassie vs Bentamaré

Senna obtusifolia compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cassie	Bentamaré
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Senna	Senna
Species	Senna obtusifolia	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Cassie and Bentamaré share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Senna.

Conservation Status

Cassie

LC — Least Concern

Bentamaré

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cassie	Bentamaré
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cassie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Bentamaré

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 55 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇮🇳 India 🇯🇵 Japan 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe