lime prickly-ash vs shiny-leaf prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum fagara compared with Zanthoxylum nitidum

Key Differences

• lime prickly-ash is Endangered while shiny-leaf prickly-ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	lime prickly-ash	shiny-leaf 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 fagara	Zanthoxylum nitidum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

shiny-leaf prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	lime prickly-ash	shiny-leaf prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

shiny-leaf prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.