Bed-jacket vs Carelessweed

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Amaranthus spinosus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Carelessweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Carelessweed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Amaranthus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Amaranthus spinosus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Carelessweed
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.

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 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.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.