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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Hippocratea volubilis L.
Medicine vine

Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Family: Celastraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

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

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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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 upper Keys.  We consider this native and extant only on Key Largo in the upper Keys.

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Hippocratea volubilis has been reported from the following 5 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Reported
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Reported




Hippocratea volubilis has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Rockland Hammock


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Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Paradise Key, Florida

Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: Marty Roessler, 2016
Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier County, Florida
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Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: Marty Roessler, 2016
Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier County, Florida
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Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: Marty Roessler, 2016
Collier-Seminole State Park, Collier County, Florida
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Hippocratea volubilis
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer