alstonia vs Maui's paddle

Alstonia boonei compared with Elaphoglossum crassicaule

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Maui's paddle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Maui's paddle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Elaphoglossum
Species	Alstonia boonei	Elaphoglossum crassicaule

Evolutionary Relationship

alstonia and Maui's paddle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Maui's paddle

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Maui's paddle
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.

Maui's paddle

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.