Blistering Ammania vs Box Rust

Ammannia baccifera compared with Puccinia buxi

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Box Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Box Rust
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Lythraceae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Ammannia	Puccinia
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Puccinia buxi

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Box Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Box Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Box Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Germany, Norway, and Portugal.

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

Box Rust

The Box rust (Puccinia buxi) is a species in the genus Puccinia. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. It is found in Belgium, Germany, Norway and Portugal.