chainfruit vs Smooth Stonewort

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Characeae
Genus	Alyxia	Nitella
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Nitella flexilis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Smooth Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.