Button Dodder vs Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Anisognathus lacrymosus

Key Differences

• Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (ave)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Thraupidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Anisognathus
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Anisognathus lacrymosus

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
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.

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

O saíra-de-montanha-lacrimal (Anisognathus lacrymosus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.