Bed-jacket vs ground cholla

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	ground cholla
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	Cactaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Cylindropuntia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

ground cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	ground cholla
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.

ground cholla

Habitat

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

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.