Bed-jacket vs false pepperwort

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket false pepperwort
Kingdom same Plantae (Plants) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Sapindaceae Marsileaceae
Genus Alectryon Marsilea
Species Alectryon tomentosus Marsilea crenata

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and false pepperwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket false pepperwort
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.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.

false pepperwort

No description available.

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