Pencil flower vs luzerne de Townsville

Stylosanthes guianensis compared with Stylosanthes humilis

Key Differences

• Pencil flower is Least Concern while luzerne de Townsville is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pencil flower	luzerne de Townsville
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	Stylosanthes	Stylosanthes
Species	Stylosanthes guianensis	Stylosanthes humilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Pencil flower and luzerne de Townsville share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Stylosanthes.

Conservation Status

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

luzerne de Townsville

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pencil flower	luzerne de Townsville
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

luzerne de Townsville

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 12 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇮🇳 India 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇬 Singapore