beach alectryon vs five-leaf crotalaria

Alectryon coriaceus compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beach alectryon	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sapindaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Crotalaria
Species	Alectryon coriaceus	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Evolutionary Relationship

beach alectryon and five-leaf crotalaria share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

beach alectryon

LC — Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beach alectryon	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beach alectryon

Habitat

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

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

beach alectryon

The Beach alectryon (Alectryon coriaceus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.