Bird's Eye vs Fish-bone Cassia

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bird's Eye Fish-bone Cassia
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 Chamaecrista
Species Alectryon subcinereus Chamaecrista mimosoides

Evolutionary Relationship

Bird's Eye and Fish-bone Cassia share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bird's Eye Fish-bone Cassia
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) 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.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

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