Blackboard Tree vs Cedar Cup

Alstonia scholaris compared with Geopora sumneriana

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Cedar Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Cedar Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pyronemataceae
Genus	Alstonia	Geopora
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Geopora sumneriana

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Cedar Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Cedar Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Cedar Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.

Cedar Cup

The Cedar Cup (Geopora sumneriana) is a species in the genus Geopora. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.