chainfruit vs false pepperwort

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	false pepperwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Marsilea
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Marsilea crenata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.