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Psychotria ligustrifolia (Northr.) Millsp.
Bahama wild coffee

Psychotria ligustrifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently 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 imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), this is very rare in South Florida and known only from a few scattered populations. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we reranked this to critically imperiled in South Florida in 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Synonyms: P. bahamensis.

Other data on Psychotria ligustrifolia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Psychotria ligustrifolia has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Chernoff Hammock Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Reported
Dry Tortugas National Park Recorded as Present in Error
Everglades National Park Reported
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Recorded as Present in Error
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Reported
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
SOCSOUTH Present Native, Cultivated Only

Psychotria ligustrifolia has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native

Psychotria ligustrifolia has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

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Psychotria ligustrifolia
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012
Psychotria ligustrifolia
Copyright by: John Park