Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Centuryplant

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Agave americana

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Centuryplant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Centuryplant
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Araceae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Agave
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Agave americana

Evolutionary Relationship

Arrowleaf elephant's ear and Centuryplant share a common ancestor at the Class level: Liliopsida. (Monocots)

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Centuryplant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 10 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇵🇼 Palau 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇿 Tanzania