Bed-jacket vs Eastern Waterleaf

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hydrophyllum virginianum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Eastern Waterleaf is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Eastern Waterleaf
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Hydrophyllaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Hydrophyllum
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hydrophyllum virginianum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Waterleaf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Eastern Waterleaf
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.

Eastern Waterleaf

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.