Fivestamen Pricklyash vs lime prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum pentandrum compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Fivestamen Pricklyash is Least Concern while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fivestamen Pricklyash	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family same	Rutaceae	Rutaceae
Genus same	Zanthoxylum	Zanthoxylum
Species	Zanthoxylum pentandrum	Zanthoxylum fagara

Evolutionary Relationship

Fivestamen Pricklyash and lime prickly-ash share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Zanthoxylum.

Conservation Status

Fivestamen Pricklyash

LC — Least Concern

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fivestamen Pricklyash	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fivestamen Pricklyash

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil