Family: Tectariaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica) and
South Florida, where presumed extirpated.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 44) for "walls of solution pit about 10 m deep, in high coppice" in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 9).
Comments:
For an image of a specimen collected in Jamaica, visit
Discover Life website.
