Family: Acanthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for scrublands and thickets throughout the Archipelago (Grand Bahama and Andros to Eleuthera, Watling’s Island, the Caicos and Inagua). Reported by Correll & Correll (1354-1355, with illustrations) for scrublands, thickets and hammocks nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-1).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. For an image from Andros, visit
PhytoImages.siu.edu.
Synonyms:
Anthacanthus spinosus.
