Bed-jacket vs Japanese Maple

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Acer palmatum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Japanese Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Japanese Maple
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family same	Sapindaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Acer
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Acer palmatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Japanese Maple share a common ancestor at the Family level: Sapindaceae.

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Japanese Maple
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.

Japanese Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Turkey), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.