Family: Rubiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the Bahamas.
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 Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms:
E. angusta, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Possibly Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Possibly Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Possibly Extirpated
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 (presumably as E. angusta). Only one collection is known (Killip 40218, NY) from 1950. This is perhaps extirpated in the Florida Keys, but it has possibly been overlooked in the Big Pine Key area.
