Blackboard Tree vs Shiny Dufourea

Alstonia scholaris compared with Dufourea minuta

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Shiny Dufourea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Shiny Dufourea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Apocynaceae	Halictidae
Genus	Alstonia	Dufourea
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Dufourea minuta

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Shiny Dufourea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Shiny Dufourea
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.

Shiny Dufourea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.