Centuryplant vs Great Pignut Rust

Agave americana compared with Puccinia bulbocastani

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Great Pignut Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Great Pignut Rust
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Agave	Puccinia
Species	Agave americana	Puccinia bulbocastani

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Great Pignut Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Great Pignut Rust
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).

Great Pignut Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway