Blackboard Tree vs lettered cone

Alstonia scholaris compared with Conus litteratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	lettered cone
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Apocynaceae	Conidae
Genus	Alstonia	Conus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Conus litteratus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

lettered cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	lettered cone
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.

lettered cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), and Europe (Norway).

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.