Blistering Ammania vs hooked-pepperwort

Ammannia baccifera compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Lythraceae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Ammannia	Marsilea
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Marsilea vestita

Evolutionary Relationship

Blistering Ammania and hooked-pepperwort share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	hooked-pepperwort
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).

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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