Family: Tectariaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Pteridophyte
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                    Lithophyte
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica).
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    NatureServe Global Status:
					
                                    Imperiled
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
State of Florida Status:
					
                                    Endangered
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
					
                                    Presumed Extirpated or Extinct
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
									
                                    Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Presumed Extirpated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as presumed extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 105-106) based on several collections from 1903 to 1940 from Hattie Bauer Hammock in southern Miami-Dade County. No new records are known.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated