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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Myrsine cubana A. DC.
Myrsine, Colicwood

Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2014
Long Key Natural Area, Broward County, Florida, USA

Family: Primulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

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

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

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.

Synonyms: Myrsine floridana, Rapanea punctata; R. guyanensis, misapplied.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks and pinelands in the lower Keys.  Mapped by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (1978) for the upper Keys (Key Largo) and the lower Keys.  We consider this native to the upper Keys (Key Largo), middle Keys (Lignumvitae Key) and the lower Keys.

Other data on Myrsine cubana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Myrsine cubana has been reported from the following 13 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Reported
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Possibly Extirpated Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve Present Native




Myrsine cubana has been reported for the following 6 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Freshwater Tidal Swamp
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock
Sinkhole


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Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2014
Long Key Natural Area, Broward County, Florida, USA
Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2014
Long Key Natural Area, Broward County, Florida, USA
Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Myrsine cubana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton