Fiddlewood vs Spiny fiddlewood

Citharexylum caudatum compared with Citharexylum spinosum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiddlewood	Spiny fiddlewood
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family same	Verbenaceae	Verbenaceae
Genus same	Citharexylum	Citharexylum
Species	Citharexylum caudatum	Citharexylum spinosum

Evolutionary Relationship

Fiddlewood and Spiny fiddlewood share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Citharexylum.

Conservation Status

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Spiny fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiddlewood	Spiny fiddlewood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiddlewood

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.

Spiny fiddlewood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Pakistan), North America (Cuba, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇺 Cuba 🇺🇸 United States