chainfruit vs Lesser Whipwort

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Bazzania tricrenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Lesser Whipwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Lepidoziaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Bazzania
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Bazzania tricrenata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Whipwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Lesser Whipwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Lesser Whipwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.