chainfruit vs Delicate Stonewort

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Chara virgata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Delicate Stonewort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Characeae
Genus	Alyxia	Chara
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Chara virgata

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Delicate Stonewort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Delicate Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Delicate Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.