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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth.
Florida mayten (Florida Atlas, PLANTS)

Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013

Family: Celastraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Preliminary IRC Status: Critically Imperiled

Native Range: The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba), southeastern United States (Florida, Texas) and Mexico.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Maytenus phyllanthoides available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Maytenus phyllanthoides has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida 2013
Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida, 2013
Maytenus phyllanthoides
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer