alstonia vs Swamp Beacon

Alstonia boonei compared with Mitrula elegans

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Swamp Beacon is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Swamp Beacon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Mitrula
Species	Alstonia boonei	Mitrula elegans

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Swamp Beacon

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Swamp Beacon
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.

Swamp Beacon

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.