Button Dodder vs aloé-candelabro

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Aloe arborescens

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while aloé-candelabro is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	aloé-candelabro
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Asphodelaceae
Genus	Cuscuta	Aloe
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Aloe arborescens

Evolutionary Relationship

Button Dodder and aloé-candelabro share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

aloé-candelabro

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	aloé-candelabro
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

aloé-candelabro

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

aloé-candelabro

The candelabra aloe (Aloe arborescens) is a species in the genus Aloe. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.