Centuryplant vs Grey Mould

Agave americana compared with Botrytis cinerea

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Grey Mould is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Grey Mould
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus	Agave	Botrytis
Species	Agave americana	Botrytis cinerea

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Grey Mould

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Grey Mould
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).

Grey Mould

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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 4 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇹🇼 Taiwan