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Echites umbellatus Jacq.
Devil’s-potato, Rubbervine

Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Everglades National Park, 2012

Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

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

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: 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. See a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Devil’s-Potato and Its Mimectic Moths.

Synonyms: E. echites.

Other data on Echites umbellatus available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Echites umbellatus has been found in the following 78 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Absent	Native, Cultivated Only
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Assumed to be Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Assumed to be Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Reported
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Echites umbellatus has been found in the following 6 counties :
Broward County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native