Family: Myrtaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, nothern Lesser Antilles).
NatureServe Global Status:
Rare
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
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 very rare in South Florida, known only from the Miami Rock Ridge and the Florida Keys. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
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. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms:
Anamomis longipes, Psidium longipes, Anamomis bahamensis.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Apparently Secure
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. We consider this native and extant in the lower Keys.
