alstonia vs Vegetable fern

Alstonia boonei compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Vegetable fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Diplazium
Species	Alstonia boonei	Diplazium esculentum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Vegetable 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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.