Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Belize, Belize District, Ambergris Caye
17.976611, -87.951222
Location Remarks
Road to Secret Beach, ca. 2.6-3.3 km W of Beach in a subdivided area. Elev. 0 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Over elevated coral substrate, above the mangrove zone but with the mangrove elements like Avicennia, Rhizophora.
Location
Belize, Belize District, Ambergris Caye
17.976611, -87.951222
Location Remarks
Road to Secret Beach, ca. 2.6-3.3 km W of Beach in a subdivided area. Elev. 0 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Remnant vegetation on raised coral reefs. Tree 5 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Metopium
Specific Epithet
toxiferum
Authorship
(L.) Krug & Urb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#299,481 of 335,497
Top 90%
Extinction probability
6%