Bed-jacket vs Florida Yew

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Taxus floridana

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Florida Yew is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Florida Yew
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Sapindaceae	Taxaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Taxus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Taxus floridana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Florida Yew

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Florida Yew
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.

Florida Yew

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.