black-bindweed vs Blistering Ammania

Dioscorea communis compared with Ammannia baccifera

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Blistering Ammania is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Blistering Ammania
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Lythraceae
Genus	Dioscorea	Ammannia
Species	Dioscorea communis	Ammannia baccifera

Evolutionary Relationship

black-bindweed and Blistering Ammania share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Blistering Ammania
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian