Blackboard Tree vs Mexican Flameknee

Alstonia scholaris compared with Brachypelma auratum

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Mexican Flameknee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Mexican Flameknee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Apocynaceae	Theraphosidae
Genus	Alstonia	Brachypelma
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Brachypelma auratum

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Flameknee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Mexican Flameknee
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.

Mexican Flameknee

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

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.