Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, 2018. Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, FL, USA
Family: Rubiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the northern Bahamas.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Chiococca parvifolia and
Chiococca pinetorum have often been lumped together under either name or into the much larger
C. alba. We have done our best to sort out these records, but some records of
Chiococca parvifolia reported in the FISF for the lower Florida Keys may be
Chiococca pinetorum, and there may be some plants of
Chiococca parvifolia farther into the interior of Miami-Dade County than our maps indicate.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
Chiococca parvifolia, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Chiococca pinetorum, which included
C. parvifolia, was reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands and open hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native only to the lower Keys. Some records of
Chiococca parvifolia reported in the FISF for the lower Florida Keys may be
Chiococca pinetorum.
