Blackboard Tree vs Curran’s Pitogo

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cycas curranii

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Curran’s Pitogo is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Curran’s Pitogo
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Cycas
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Cycas curranii

Evolutionary Relationship

Blackboard Tree and Curran’s Pitogo share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Curran’s Pitogo

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Curran’s Pitogo
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.

Curran’s Pitogo

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.