Centuryplant vs fork-leaf cycas

Agave americana compared with Cycas micholitzii

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while fork-leaf cycas is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	fork-leaf cycas
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Agave	Cycas
Species	Agave americana	Cycas micholitzii

Evolutionary Relationship

Centuryplant and fork-leaf cycas share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

fork-leaf cycas

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	fork-leaf cycas
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

fork-leaf cycas

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'].