Bed-jacket vs Bush clockvine

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Thunbergia erecta

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Bush clockvine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Bush clockvine
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Thunbergia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Thunbergia erecta

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Bush clockvine share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Bush clockvine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Bush clockvine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Bush clockvine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (4 countries).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Bush clockvine

The Bush clockvine (Thunbergia erecta) is a species in the genus Thunbergia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.