Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for shrublands and whitelands nearly throughout the Commonwealth (Grand Bahama and Abaco to Mayaguana and the Anguilla Cays). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1154-1155, with illustrations) for shrublands and whitelands, nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-3, 11).
Comments:
The Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem has a specimen collected by William Gillis and Geroge Proctor from the Middle Caicos
(12297), in region 1.
Synonyms:
Cynanchum bahamense.
