Family: Sapindaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida (Florida Keys) and the West Indies.
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 Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Populations in the Florida Keys are D. elaeagnoides, those along the east coast are mostly D. viscosa var. viscosa, while the most widespread taxon is D. viscosa var. angustifolia, which is found near the coast in Martin County, in the interior, and along the southwestern coast.
For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. Also visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map of D. viscosa sensu lato, visit the
Exploring Florida website. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms:
Dodonaea ehrenbergii, Dodonaea microcarya, Dodonaea viscosa subsp.
elaeagnoides; Dodonaea jamaicensis, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
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 lower Keys. Collected in 1981 on North Key Largo in the upper Keys by Ruben P. and Diane Sauleda (7034, USF). We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys (Key Largo) and the lower Keys.
