Bed-jacket vs erect spiderling

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Boerhavia erecta

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while erect spiderling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	erect spiderling
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	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Boerhavia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Boerhavia erecta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

erect spiderling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	erect spiderling
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.

erect spiderling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.