Bed-jacket vs Gunpowder tree

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Melochia umbellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Malvaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Melochia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Melochia umbellata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Gunpowder tree
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.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, 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.