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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Latania lontaroides (Gaertn.) H.E. Moore
Red latan palm

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Reported

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported only by George N. Avery (1978) for the Florida Keys Section of Biscayne National Park.

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Latania lontaroides has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only