Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Rare
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for pinelands on Grand Bahama at Eight Mile Rocks. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1157) for pinelands and savannas in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10, 8).
Comments:
This is closely related to
Metastelma blodgettii and is perhaps only varietally distinct (Correll & Correll 1982).
Synonyms:
Cynanchum savannarum.
