Bed-jacket vs Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Heteranthera dubia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pontederiaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Heteranthera
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Heteranthera dubia

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain
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.

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.