Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Matelea floridana
FLORIDA MILKVINE; FLORIDA SPINY POD
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Matelea floridana. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Matelea floridana
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Matelea
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; Endangered-State
- Florida range
- Central Florida · Panhandle · North Florida · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Calhoun; Columbia; Hernando; Manatee; Sumter; Miami-Dade
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Calhoun; Columbia; Hernando; Manatee; Sumter; Miami-Dade
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Matelea
- Matelea alabamensis — ALABAMA MILKVINE; ALABAMA SPINY POD
- Matelea baldwyniana — BALDWIN'S MILKVINE; BALDWIN'S SPINY POD
- Matelea flavidula — YELLOW CAROLINA MILKVINE; YELLOW-FLOWERED SPINY POD
Data provenance
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