Family: Burseraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Secure
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
B. gummifera, Elaphrium simaruba.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Secure
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. Observed in what is now Dry Tortugas National Park in the lower sandy Keys since 1916, but probably introduced there (Reimus & Robertson, 1997). Also reported for the lower sandy Keys by Davis (1942), but we have been unable to confirm this report. Not mapped for the lower sandy Keys by Elbert L. Little, Jr (1978). We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys, and assumed to be introduced but within its native range in the lower sandy Keys.
