Family: Ceratophyllaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States, the Greater Antilles (Cuba), Mexico, Central America and South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 129-130), based a few collections from the lower Florida Keys. It was first collected sometime between 1838 and 1953, and then again three times between 1940 and 1953 on Big Pine Key, and observed there through 1978. It has been re-ranked as presumed extirpated after searches have failed to yeild any plants.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For an image of an herbarium specimen collected on Big Pine Key in the Monroe County Keys by George N. Avery and Martha B. Meagher in 1974, visit the
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Synonyms:
C. echinatum, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: John Loomis Blodgett first collected prickly hornwort in South Florida between 1838 and 1853 (s.n., NY), probably on Big Pine Key, although the specimen label indicates only “South Florida.” Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Ellsworth P. Killip made the next collection in 1940 at Watson Hammock on Big Pine Key (32868, US), which is now located within the National Key Deer Refuge. It was last observed in the Florida Keys by George N. Avery in 1978. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
