Centuryplant vs Septicweed

Agave americana compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Septicweed
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Asparagaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Agave	Senna
Species	Agave americana	Senna occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Centuryplant and Septicweed share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Septicweed
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).

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

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 32 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇳 India 🇯🇵 Japan 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe