Family: Santalaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Parasite
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles).
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 296-299) based on one occurrence at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park, where it is still extant. It has also been discovered in several other protected areas in the upper Florida Keys since 2002.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys.
