Bed-jacket vs Doum Palm

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Doum Palm
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Arecaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Hyphaene
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hyphaene thebaica

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Doum Palm share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Doum Palm
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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

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.