Family: Piperaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Possibly Extirpated or Extinct
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as historical in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 163-164) based a last known collection in 1976 within Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Collier County. Rediscovered there in 2003. where still present.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Treated as historical in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), this was rediscovered in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park by Keith Bradley, Steven Woodmansee, Jimi Sadle, Melissa Abdo, Mike Owen and Kristie Wendelberger in May, 2003.
