Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles),
South Florida and southern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for shrublands and whitelands for the northwestern and central Commonwealth and southern small islands (New Providence, Rose Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Cenception Island, Great Exuma, Long Island, Anguilla Cays). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1144-1147, with illustrations) for a variety of coppices and shrublands nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 9-3, 11).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Vallesia glabra of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not (Cav.) Link.
