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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cupania glabra Sw.
American toadwood

Family: Sapindaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically 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 critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 191-193) based on three occurrences in Monroe County, two in conservation areas (National Key Deer Refuge, Great While Heron National Wildlife Refuge) and one in a non-conservation areas (Cupania Hammock), the latter which has been partially acquired by Monroe County. A survey for this in the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is needed.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

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: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on Big Pine Key.  Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks on Big Pine Key.  We consider this native and extant in the lower Keys on and near Big Pine Key.  For more information on C. glabra in the Florida Keys, see IRC's species account.

Other data on Cupania glabra available from :


Cupania glabra has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Assumed to be Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Cupania glabra has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Rockland Hammock