alstonia vs Barn Fern

Alstonia boonei compared with Asplenium haughtonii

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Barn Fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Barn Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Asplenium
Species	Alstonia boonei	Asplenium haughtonii

Evolutionary Relationship

alstonia and Barn Fern share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Barn Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Barn Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.