Bed-jacket vs Thread Weed

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ulva compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Thread Weed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ulvaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Ulva
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ulva compressa

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Thread Weed share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Thread Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Thread Weed
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.

Thread Weed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), 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.