Copyright by: Jennifer Possley
In cultivation at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Family: Passifloraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
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 485-487) based on five occurrences in four protected areas (Camp Owaissa Bauer; Castellow Hammock Park; Fuchs Hammock Preserve; Hattie Bauer Hammock) and one non-protected area (a portion of privately owned Krome Hammock). It had been reported previously for Everglades National Park and was verified in 2004, and additional plants were found in the Castellow Hammock area in 2006.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 43.
