Family: Celastraceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola) and South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 865-867) for crevices of table rocks, open pinelands, and open coastal coppices in the northern Commonwealth (region 10). Also collected in 1890 on Eleuthera at Governor's Harbor (
Hitchcock s.n. MO).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Rhacoma ilicifolia.
