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Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh
Simpson’s stopper, Twinberry

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Myrtaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

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

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

State of Florida Status: Threatened

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Synonyms: Anamomis dicrana.

Other data on Myrcianthes fragrans available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Myrcianthes fragrans has been found in the following 47 conservation areas :
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Biscayne National Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Doubtfully Present
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendalwood	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Recorded as Present in Error
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native, presumed Extirpated, now Reintroduced
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Myrcianthes fragrans has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native