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alba

Taxon

Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

Protologue Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 94. 1893BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Chiococca alba--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Pk. Long Pine Key Trail. 15 Jan 03. 034.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Pk. Long Pine Key Trail. 15 Jan 03. 034.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 007.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 008.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 009.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 010.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. St. Lucie Co. N of Ft. Pierce. 17 Jan 03. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 023.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 024.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 024.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 025.jpg

Chiococca alba--FL. Monroe Co. Big Cypress Nat. Pres. Monroe Station rd. 13 Jan 03. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 47 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

January 17, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, St Lucie (Fort Pierce)

27.494722, -80.342778

Location Remarks

St. Lucie, N of Fort Pierce on Highway 1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 13, 2003

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

No collection number

January 15, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade (Homestead)

25.39525, -80.583139

Location Remarks

Everglades National Park, Long Pine Key Trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Chiococca

Specific Epithet

alba

Authorship

(L.) Hitchc.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#313,543 of 335,497

Top 94%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →