Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Florida, Collier
25.998333, -81.406111
Location Remarks
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, off James Memorial Scenic Dr., northwest of Copeland.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Specific Epithet
aurea
Authorship
Nutt.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#289,287 of 335,497
Top 87%
Extinction probability
6%