Family: Celastraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola).
NatureServe Global Status:
Rare
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Rare
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: This is rare in South Florida and is primarily know from the Miami Rock Ridge and the Florida Keys. It is frequent in remnant pine rockland fragments on the Miami Rock Ridge. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
Rhacoma ilicifolia.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands in the lower Keys. Also reported for North Key Largo in the upper Keys by Alexander (1953) and others. We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys (Key Largo) and the lower Keys.
