Copyright by: George D. Gann
In cultivation, Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, Florida, 2013
Family: Cactaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in the Florida Keys.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Critically Imperiled
United States Federal Status:
Endangered
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 480-482) based on two occurrences in two conservation areas: Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County and Torchwood Hammock Preserve in the Monroe County. No new natural populations are known, but significant effort has been expended by the Florida Park Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of South Florida, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to establish new populations within its historical range.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
Consolea coralicolla throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms: Opuntia corallicola; Opuntia spinosissima of Long & Lakela (1971), not Mill.
