alstonia vs Floating Bur-Reed

Alstonia boonei compared with Sparganium fluctuans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Floating Bur-Reed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Apocynaceae	Typhaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Sparganium
Species	Alstonia boonei	Sparganium fluctuans

Evolutionary Relationship

alstonia and Floating Bur-Reed share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Floating Bur-Reed
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.

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.