Blackboard Tree vs Great Crestwort

Alstonia scholaris compared with Lophocolea bispinosa

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Great Crestwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Great Crestwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Lophocolea
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Lophocolea bispinosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Blackboard Tree and Great Crestwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Great Crestwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Great Crestwort
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.

Great Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.