Bed-jacket vs Knollen-Zypergras

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Cyperus rotundus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Knollen-Zypergras
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Sapindales (Seifenbaumartige)	Poales (Süßgrasartige)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Cyperus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Cyperus rotundus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Knollen-Zypergras share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Knollen-Zypergras

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Knollen-Zypergras
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.

Knollen-Zypergras

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (7 countries).

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.