Copyright by: George D. Gann, 18 March 2015
In habitat, Simpson Park, City of Miami, Florida, USA
Family: Lauraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
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 272-273) based on one occurrence in the City of Miami’s Simpson Park in historical Brickell Hammock. It still grows in the wild at Simpson Park, and was discovered nearby in 2017 by City of Miami biologist Juan Fernandez and colleagues at Alice C. Wainwright Park. Fernandez, along with Andres Mora, also discovered what appears to be a remnant tree on private property about one mile from Simpson Park.
Licaria triandra has been occasionally cultivated in South Florida since the early 1960s and readily recruits under and near cultivated plants.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For another image with fruit, click on the Flora of the West Indies or USDA PLANTS link. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website. Also, see
Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002, page 272) and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
