chainfruit vs Pinwheelflower

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Tabernaemontana divaricata

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Pinwheelflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Pinwheelflower
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family same	Apocynaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Tabernaemontana
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Tabernaemontana divaricata

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Pinwheelflower share a common ancestor at the Family level: Apocynaceae.

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Pinwheelflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Pinwheelflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Pinwheelflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.