alstonia vs Spotted Wart Lichen

Alstonia boonei compared with Pertusaria paratuberculifera

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Spotted Wart Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Spotted Wart Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pertusariaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Pertusaria
Species	Alstonia boonei	Pertusaria paratuberculifera

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Spotted Wart Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Spotted Wart Lichen
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.

Spotted Wart Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.