chainfruit vs Floating spurge

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Phyllanthus fluitans

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Floating spurge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Floating spurge
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Apocynaceae	Leiothrichidae
Genus	Alyxia	Phyllanthus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Phyllanthus fluitans

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Floating spurge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Floating spurge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Floating spurge

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, 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.