Bed-jacket vs Wrinkled medick

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Medicago rugosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Wrinkled medick
Kingdom same Plantae (Plants) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Sapindaceae Fabaceae
Genus Alectryon Medicago
Species Alectryon tomentosus Medicago rugosa

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Wrinkled medick
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.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Wrinkled medick

No description available.

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