Family: Convolvulaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
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 449-450) based on two extant occurrences in two conservations areas within Monroe County Keys: Bahia Honda State Park, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park. No new occurrences are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For more information, see IRC's
species account.
Synonyms:
J. jamaicensis.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks on Bahia Honda. We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys and the lower Keys. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
