Native to Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Comoros, Cook Is., Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Marianas, Society Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Pimenta
Specific Epithet
racemosa
Authorship
(Mill.) J.W.Moore
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 9.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#111,652 of 335,497
Top 34%
Extinction probability
6%