chainfruit vs Tar spot

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Phyllachora maydis

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Tar spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Tar spot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Phyllachorales (Phyllachorales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Phyllachoraceae
Genus	Alyxia	Phyllachora
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Phyllachora maydis

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Tar spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Tar spot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Tar spot

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.