Blackboard Tree vs Mark's Cyanea

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cyanea marksii

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Mark's Cyanea is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Mark's Cyanea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Alstonia	Cyanea
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Cyanea marksii

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Mark's Cyanea

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Mark's Cyanea
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.

Mark's Cyanea

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.