Family: Rhamnaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
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: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley and Woodmansee, 2002); in 2024 this species is still considered imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: In South Florida, this is native to the upper Florida Keys in both Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. One specimen was collected in 1904 on the mainland near what is now Castellow Hammock Park north of Homestead by John Kunkel Small (2249a, NY). There are no other records from the South Florida mainland or from offshore barrier islands.
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Synonyms:
C. reclinata.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the upper Keys. We consider this native and extant only in the upper Keys.
