Centuryplant vs Yellow Dodder

Agave americana compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Asparagaceae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Agave	Cuscuta
Species	Agave americana	Cuscuta campestris

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Yellow Dodder
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).

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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 33 countries:

🇦🇱 Albania 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇷 Greece 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇱 Israel 🇮🇹 Italy 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe