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Alvaradoa amorphoides Liebm.
Mexican alvaradoa

Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Family: Picramniaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

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

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley & Woodmansee 2002), this was re-ranked as Critically Imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2019.

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).

Other data on Alvaradoa amorphoides available from :

Alvaradoa amorphoides has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Chernoff Hammock Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Hattie Bauer Hammock Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native

Alvaradoa amorphoides has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native

Alvaradoa amorphoides has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
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