Blackboard Tree vs Dropwort Rust

Alstonia scholaris compared with Triphragmium filipendulae

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Dropwort Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Dropwort Rust
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Raveneliaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Triphragmium
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Triphragmium filipendulae

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Dropwort Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Dropwort Rust
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.

Dropwort Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.