black-bindweed vs Blackboard Tree

Dioscorea communis compared with Alstonia scholaris

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Blackboard Tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Blackboard Tree
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Dioscorea	Alstonia
Species	Dioscorea communis	Alstonia scholaris

Evolutionary Relationship

black-bindweed and Blackboard Tree share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.