Alectryon vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Alectryon tropicus compared with Cladonia pleurota

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Red-Fruited Pixie Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Cladonia
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

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

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.