The Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys
Conservation of rare plants, animals, and ecosystems

Family: Picramniaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and northern South America (Venezuela).

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 494-495) based on five occurrences in five protected areas. Due to this species' very limited distribution along the Miami Rock Ridge, we retain the rank of critically imperiled using modern NatureServe criteria.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. https://www.fnai.org/PDFs/FieldGuides/Picramnia_pentandra.pdf

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: A Doubtfull Record

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the upper Keys.  However, not mapped for the Florida Keys by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (1978).  In South Florida, known only from the mainland where critically imperiled.  For more information, go to IRC's species account.