Bed-jacket vs Cricket-Bat Willow

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Salix alba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Cricket-Bat Willow
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Salicaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Salix
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Salix alba

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Cricket-Bat Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Cricket-Bat Willow
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.

Cricket-Bat Willow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya), Asia (Yemen), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.