Family: Nyctaginaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola).
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 500-501) based on five occurrences in two protected areas and adjoining private properties (Big Pine Key in National Key Deer Refuge and adjoining private properties; Cudjoe Key in National Key Deer Refuge; Sugarloaf Key in National Key Deer Refuge; No Name Key in National Key Deer Refuge and adjoining private properties; Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Key Wildlife and Environmental Area).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: 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).
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: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on Big Pine Key. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. However, we have no records to verify any occurrence in the upper or middle Keys. Elbert L. Little, Jr. (1978) maps this only from the lower Keys on and around Big Pine Key. We consider this native and extant only in the lower Keys on and around Big Pine Key.
