Family: Alismataceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This was reported as possibly extirpated in South Florida in
Gann et al. (2002; pp 141-142), based on herbarium specimens collected from the early to mid-1800s to 1948 in the Florida Keys, and a single collection in 1982 from Big Cypress National Preserve on the Monroe County mainland (
Black and Black s.n. FTG). A new collection in South Florida was made in 2016 by Keith Bradley in Collier County in a roadside ditch near Immokalee (
4002 USF); this discovery has also been reported on
iNaturalist. George Wilder and Jean McCollom (2018) reported
Echinodorus berteroi at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary based on their specimen collected between October 2015 and October 2017 (39496 SWF). In December 2017, Randy Mears made a collection nearby in Lee County at the junction of Corkscrew Road and Alico Road east of I-75 (
s.n. USF). This is an extremely rare plant in Florida and the southeastern United States, and should be assessed for listing by the State of Florida and FNAI.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For images, click on the USDA PLANTS or Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.
Synonyms: E. cordifolius, misapplied.
