Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, peninsular Florida, southern Mexico and northern Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for shrublands and sandy places throughout the Archipelago (Grand Bahama and Abaco to Great Inagua, East Caicos and Grand Turk, and the Aguilla Cays and Water Cay). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1131-1132, with illustrations) as climbing on shrubs in coppices, pinelands and shrublands, occasionally in open flats, throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-1, 11).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Echites echites.
