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Mosiera longipes (O. Berg) Small
Longstalked-stopper

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Myrtaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, nothern Lesser Antilles).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Vulnerable

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida, known only from the Miami Rock Ridge and the Florida Keys. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Synonyms: Anamomis longipes, Psidium longipes, Anamomis bahamensis.

Other data on Mosiera longipes available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Mosiera longipes has been found in the following 41 conservation areas :
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Assumed to be Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Reported
Lake Frances	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Mosiera longipes has been found in the following 3 counties :
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native