Endemic Taxa in the Flora of South Florida
Avery GN and Loope LL. 1980. Endemic Taxa in the Flora of South Florida. SFRC T-558. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
The island-like tropical area of South Florida possesses a very remarkable flora by North American standards, with a high percentage of species having tropical affinities and with fairly high local endemism. Hundreds of plant species known from the United States are found only in Florida south of Lake Okeechobee. Many of these species occur on various Caribbean islands and elsewhere in the Neotropics. This report treats those taxa endemic to South Florida, occurring in peninsular Florida south of Lake Okeechobee and/ or on the Florida Keys, and found nowhere else.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Avery, George; Loope, Lloyd
- Date of Issue
- 1980-07
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- BICY , BISC , EVER
- Keywords
- Endemic, everglades, SFNRCTRS, South Florida, taxa