Native to Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur
12.180972, -83.036
Location Remarks
Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Cymodoceaceae
Genus
Syringodium
Specific Epithet
filiforme
Authorship
Kütz.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 17.9
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#43,245 of 335,497
Top 13%
Extinction probability
5%