Bed-jacket vs Spanish-needles

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Spanish-needles
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sapindaceae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alectryon	Bidens
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Bidens bipinnata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Spanish-needles
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.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.