hundert-jährige Agave vs Giant dodder

Agave americana compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	hundert-jährige Agave	Giant dodder
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asparagales (Spargelartige)	Solanales (Nachtschattenartige)
Family	Asparagaceae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Agave	Cuscuta
Species	Agave americana	Cuscuta reflexa

Evolutionary Relationship

hundert-jährige Agave and Giant dodder share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

hundert-jährige Agave

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hundert-jährige Agave	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

hundert-jährige Agave

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).

Giant dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

hundert-jährige Agave

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'].