chainfruit vs Tarweed fiddleneck

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Amsinckia lycopsoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Tarweed fiddleneck
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Amsinckia
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Amsinckia lycopsoides

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Tarweed fiddleneck

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Tarweed fiddleneck
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Tarweed fiddleneck

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.