Centuryplant vs Mountain Cup

Agave americana compared with Geopora arenosa

Key Differences

Centuryplant is Least Concern while Mountain Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Mountain Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Pyronemataceae
Genus	Agave	Geopora
Species	Agave americana	Geopora arenosa

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Mountain Cup
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).

Mountain Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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'].