chainfruit vs Paradoxical Sunflower

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Helianthus paradoxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Paradoxical Sunflower
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Apocynaceae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alyxia	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Helianthus paradoxus

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Paradoxical Sunflower share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Paradoxical Sunflower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Paradoxical Sunflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Paradoxical Sunflower

Habitat

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

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.