EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Four tree species formerly listed as native on the 

 Florida Keys, though also in the West Indies or 

 beyond, have been excluded from the flora, as ex- 

 plained below. The first was based upon plants found 

 only once. The third represented misidentification of 

 a sterile specimen. The second and fourth are now 

 considered as introduced, rather than native. Also, 6 

 former endemic tree species of South Florida now 

 reduced to synonyms are mentioned. No native tree 

 species of the region has become extinct, so far as 

 known. 



Andira inermis (W. Wright) DC. (Geoffroea in- 

 ermis W. Wright), cabbage angelin. Not now known 

 as a wild tree in Florida and possibly an accidental 

 migration. Living specimens collected on Bahia 

 Honda Key were grown on the former Deering res- 

 ervation at Buena Vista, Florida, where they flow- 

 ered in 1924 (Small 1933, p. 712). Roy 0. Woodbury 

 and George N. Avery both reported unsuccessful 

 searches. This widespread tropical species is occa- 

 sionally cultivated in the Miami area and in time may 

 escape. Also through West Indies from Cuba to 

 Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and Trinidad, from 

 central Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, 

 and in western tropical Africa. 



Bucida buceras L., oxhorn bucida (black-olive). 

 Not known in recent years as a wild tree in Florida 

 but commonly planted for shade and ornament. A 

 grove was found on Elliott Key in 1886 (Sargent 

 1886, 1891-1902, 5: 22. 1893). R. Bruce Ledin (manu- 

 script on file in Biology Dept., Univ. Miami, 1958?) 

 noted that the only 2 collections of this species in a 

 supposed native habitat on Elliott Key were by 

 Alvin W. Curtiss, a professional plant collector, with 

 Charles S. Sargent on April 19, 1886, when the 

 plants were in flower, and on July 3, 1895, in fruit. 

 Sargent mentioned a grove of trees on the border of 

 the forest near a house and a pineapple plantation. 

 No other collections or sight records of this species 

 as native in Florida were or are known after nearly a 

 century. Ledin's explanation is accepted here, and 

 this species excluded from the native flora. Through 

 West Indies from Bahamas and Cuba to Puerto Rico 

 and Virgin Islands and Lesser Antilles; from south- 

 ern Mexico to Panama and northern South America 

 to Guianas. 



Clusia flava Jacq. Recorded as native at Key 

 West by Nuttall (1842-1849; 2: 111-113, pi. 77. 1846) 

 from incomplete material collected by John Loomis 

 Blodgett in 1839 or 1840 but not found in recent 

 years (Small 1933, p. 865; Little 1953). The 2 speci- 

 mens, both sterile, were referred to C. rosea Jacq. 

 by Howard (1962), as noted under that species. Ac- 

 cording to R. Bruce Ledin (manuscript on file in 



Biology Dept., Univ. Miami, 1958?), the single col- 

 lection by Blodgett was C. rosea from Big Pine Key. 

 He quoted the supposition by Sargent in 1889 that 

 Nuttall mistook this plant, as he did that of Ter- 

 minalia catappa, a cultivated plant for an indige- 

 nous one. 



Crescentia cujete L., common calabash-tree. 

 Excluded as apparently not native in Florida. First 

 collected at Key West by John Loomis Blodgett and 

 recorded by Nuttall (1842-1849; 3: 71-73) but not 

 found as a wild tree in Florida in recent years. Ac- 

 cepted in Check List (Little 1953) because recorded 

 from Florida Keys by Small (1933, p. 1242). Planted 

 in South Florida and in California but not 

 naturalized. Throughout West Indies from Bahamas 

 and Cuba to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and 

 Lesser Antilles and from southern Mexico to Peru 

 and Brazil. The range probably has spread some- 

 what through cultivation. 



Six former endemic tree species of South Florida 

 now reduced to synonyms are accounted for below. 

 Many other synonyms are cited in current refer- 

 ences (Little 1953; Long and Lakela 1971). 



Bumelia angustifolia Nutt. of southern Florida 

 and the West Indies has been united as a synonym of 

 B. celastrina H.B.K., saffron-plum, which ranges 

 from southern Texas and Mexico to Venezuela. 

 However, Long and Lakela (1971, p. 680) accepted 

 for South Florida both B. celastrina var. celastrina, 

 the typical variety, and var. angustifolia (Nutt.) R. 

 W. Long (Rhodora 72: 26. 1970) as an endemic vari- 

 ety. The leaf shapes vary greatly from rounded to 

 very narrow. 



Cephalocereus keyensis Britton & Rose, Key 

 West tree-cactus (cephalocereus), of the Lower 

 Florida Keys, including Big Pine Key, is a synonym 

 oiCereus robinii (Lem.) L. Benson var. robinii of 

 Western Cuba. 



Dodonaea microcarya Small, Florida hopbush, 

 formerly accepted as an endemic species of the 

 Florida Lower Keys and named from Big Pine Key, 

 has been united with a West Indian form of D. vis- 

 cosa (L.) Jacq. var. arborescens (Cunn.) Sherff (D. 

 ehrenbergii Schlecht.), 1 of 3 varieties represented 

 also on the Florida mainland. 



Eugenia anthem Small, Smalls eugenia, of the 

 mainland and Florida Keys, was named in 1933. It 

 has been united tentatively with E. rhombea (Berg) 

 Krug & Urban, spiceberry eugenia, of the Lower 

 Florida Keys and also in West Indies (Long and 

 Lakela 1971, p. 645). However, the former may 

 merit recognition as an endemic variety. The re- 

 ported range is Florida Keys from Key West to Key 

 Largo, north on east coast to Roseland and north on 



