chainfruit vs Fringed Cup

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Encoelia fimbriata

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Fringed Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Fringed Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Encoelia
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Encoelia fimbriata

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Fringed Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Fringed Cup

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.