Bad-smelling Alkanet vs mango-pine

Alkanna maleolens compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	mango-pine
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Barringtonia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Barringtonia asiatica

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and mango-pine share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.