Family: Cactaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in the middle and lower Florida Keys.
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 284-286) based on several extant occurrences in the Monroe County Keys, including at two conservation areas: Long Key State Park, National Key Deer Refuge. It is also known from several private properties in the area.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For a recent taxonomic assessment of
O. abjecta and
O. triacantha in South Florida, see
Majure et al. 2014.
Synonyms:
O. triacanthos, misapplied;
O. triacantha is an orthographic variant.
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: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913, but collected by Small & Mathews (s.n., NY) in 1921. We consider this native and extant in the middle Keys and lower Keys. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
