Bending Bittercress vs chainfruit

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Alyxia ilicifolia

Key Differences

• Bending Bittercress is Not Evaluated while chainfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	chainfruit
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Brassicaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cardamine	Alyxia
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Alyxia ilicifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Bending Bittercress and chainfruit share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	chainfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bending Bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Bending Bittercress

The Bending Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

chainfruit

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