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Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Spreng.
Hachuela

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 162-163) based on the several observations between 1977 and 1985 at Fuchs Hammock Preserve in Miami-Dade County. No new plants have been seen there, but it was reported for the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park by Paul Martin Brown in 2005. Mike Owen (2022, email comm.) reports that it is still extant there.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Other data on Pelexia adnata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Pelexia adnata has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Everglades National Park Recorded as Present in Error
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Pelexia adnata has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Pelexia adnata has been found in the following habitat :
Rockland Hammock