Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Rare
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: A Florida endemic, this has only been collected a few times in the State from Key West to Duval County. Reported in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 113-115) as possibly extirpated in South Florida, this now appears to be possibly extinct in the wild throughout Florida. The most recent collected was a
germplasm collection made by the USDA in 1989 in Sarasota County.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For an image of a type specimen collected on Key West by John Loomis Blodgett bewteen 1838 and 1853, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. This is the only known record for the Florida Keys. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
