Corchorus siliquosus--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. 13 Jan 03. 013.jpg
Corchorus siliquosus--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. 13 Jan 03. 003.jpg
Corchorus siliquosus--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. 13 Jan 03. 015.jpg
Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Florida, Monroe (Key Largo)
25.788889, -81.099444
Location Remarks
Big Cypress National Preserve. Monroe Station Loop road, off Tamiami Trail Road (Highway 41).
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Corchorus
Specific Epithet
siliquosus
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#231,338 of 335,497
Top 69%
Extinction probability
10%
