Blistering Ammania vs Mountain Cup

Ammannia baccifera compared with Geopora arenosa

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Mountain Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Mountain Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Lythraceae	Pyronemataceae
Genus	Ammannia	Geopora
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Geopora arenosa

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Mountain Cup
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).

Mountain Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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