Bed-jacket vs Potato Blight

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Phytophthora infestans

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Potato Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Potato Blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Oomycota (Oomycetes)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Peronosporea (Peronosporea)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Peronosporales (Peronosporales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Peronosporaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Phytophthora
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Phytophthora infestans

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Potato Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Potato Blight
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.

Potato Blight

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (14 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, 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.