Family: Phyllanthaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Map of South Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For an
illustration, visit the Univeristy of Utrecht (Netherlands) Botanical Garden website.
Synonyms:
Xylophylla epiphyllanthus, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Map of Florida Keys Locations
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. Also reported for hammocks on Key West by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Last collected by Small in 1921. We have no recent reports of this from the Florida Keys, although it may be in cultivation.
