Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Imperiled
Native Range:
Endemic to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 528-529, 1157-1158, with illustrations) for whitelands and rocky soils in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10-9). Described from plants from Bimini by Donovan Correll (J. Arnold Arbor. 58: 43. 1977.). Limited to the Grand Bahama and Bimini regions according to Freid et al. (2014).
Synonyms:
Cynanchum sigmoideum; Metastelma hamatum of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), in part, not Griseb.
