Blackboard Tree vs Oakleaf Cyanea

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cyanea quercifolia

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Oakleaf Cyanea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Oakleaf 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 quercifolia

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Oakleaf Cyanea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Oakleaf 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.

Oakleaf 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.