Family: Cactaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in the lower Florida Keys.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
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 289-290) based on one extant occurrence within National Key Deer Refuge. No new occurrences are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For a recent taxonomic assessment of
O. ochrocentra and
O. cubensis in South Florida, see
Majure et al. 2014.
Synonyms: O. cubensis, misapplied.
