Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the Bahama Archipelago (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
In sandy or rocky coastal areas; nearly throughout the archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982).
For an image of a type specimen collected on Grand Turk by George V. Nash in 1905, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Chamaesyce exumensis, Chamaesyce lecheoides, Chamaesyce lecheoides var. exumensis, Chamaesyce wilsonii, Euphorbia exumensis, Euphorbia hieroglyphica, Euphorbia wilsonii.