Button Dodder vs aloé-dos-cem-anos

Cuscuta cephalanthi compared with Agave americana

Key Differences

Button Dodder is Not Evaluated while aloé-dos-cem-anos is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Dodder	aloé-dos-cem-anos
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Cuscuta	Agave
Species	Cuscuta cephalanthi	Agave americana

Evolutionary Relationship

Button Dodder and aloé-dos-cem-anos share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

View Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Conservation Status

Button Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

aloé-dos-cem-anos

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Dodder	aloé-dos-cem-anos
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

aloé-dos-cem-anos

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).

Button Dodder

The Button Dodder (Cuscuta cephalanthi) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

aloé-dos-cem-anos

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'].