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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Drypetes lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urb.
Guiana-plum

Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Putranjivaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

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

State of Florida Status: Threatened

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

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 hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

Other data on Drypetes lateriflora available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Drypetes lateriflora has been reported from the following 9 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native
Long Key State Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Drypetes lateriflora has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Rockland Hammock


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Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Drypetes lateriflora
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011