Family: Piperaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Recorded as Presumed Extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 90-91), based on collections from 1938-1939 and subsequent unverified reports from what is now Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. Rediscovered there in 2003 by Mike Owen.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Assumed to be Cultivated
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Encylopedia of Life.
Synonyms: P. simplex>, misapplied.