Blistering Ammania vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Ammannia baccifera compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Lythraceae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Ammannia	Urocystis
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	False Oat-Grass Smut
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).

False Oat-Grass Smut

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