Family: Rosaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and South America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
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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Synonyms:
Laurocerasus myrtifolia.
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: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913, but reported for hammocks in the Everglades Keys and Florida Keys by Small in 1933. Collected only in the upper Keys on Elliott Key, which is located in Miami-Dade County.
