chainfruit vs Ferny Azolla

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Azolla
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Azolla pinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Ferny Azolla share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (plantas)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.