chainfruit vs Scots pine blister rust

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Cronartium pini

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Scots pine blister rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Scots pine blister rust
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cronartiaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Cronartium
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Cronartium pini

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Scots pine blister rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Scots pine blister rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Scots pine blister rust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.