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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Corner of SW 117 Avenue and Killian Drive.
Habitat Edge of disturbed pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda 3606
Collection Date 17 Jun 1980
Accession Number 157215
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead, SE corner of SW 224th Street and SW 120th Avenue in vacant lot 1 block E of US 1. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Description Abundant.
Habitat With limestone outcroppings; growing under Pinus elliotii var. densa and Serenoa repens.
Reproductive State
Collector R. Mears
Collection Date 30 Nov 1991
Accession Number 203007
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Between Homestead and Florida City, near FL 27. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Habitat Pineland area.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long 1663
Collection Date 04 Jun 1966
Accession Number 74746
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Key Largo. 27° 54' 34" N 82° 47' 14" W
Description Small tree.
Reproductive State
Collector unknown 20
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 54902
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades. 25° 51' 0" N 81° 22' 0" W
Habitat Dry pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. P. Sreemadhavan 4979
Collection Date 03 Jul 1971
Accession Number 143570
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Intersection US 1 and #940 [C-940], Big Pine Key.
Habitat Pinus elliottii, Thrinax microcarpa [T. morrisii] woodland.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 2093
with J. DeBoer, G. Mills, R. Hebert
Collection Date 06 Aug 1966
Accession Number 75998
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. SW of Homestead. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Shrub to 2 m tall; fruit bright red.
Habitat Open shrubby pinewoodland with limestone outcrops and solution holes.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. R. Cooley 9177
with R.J. Eaton, J.D. Ray, Jr., R.W. Long, O. Lakela
Collection Date 11 Oct 1962
Accession Number 53902
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : No Name Key, joined by a bridge to Big Pine Key.
Description Robust shrub 6 m tall; foliage thick and rough; fruits noticably pedicelled.
Habitat Hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9607
Collection Date 10 Aug 1980
Accession Number 151811
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : No Name Key, NE of Big Pine Key. T66S, R30E, Sec. 18.
Habitat Tropical hammock forest on limestone.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 6374
with J. Hansen
Collection Date 16 Sep 1979
Accession Number 144084
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Between Miami and Key Largo. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. E. Jennings
with G.K. Jennings
Collection Date Dec 1929
Accession Number 71705
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Sugarloaf Key; 2 mi. NW of US 1. T66S, R27E, Sec. 23, SE¼ of SW¼.
Description Fruits green, turning dark red.
Habitat Scrubby low forest, with scattered slash pines [Pinus elliottii].
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 6345
with J. Hansen
Collection Date 15 Sep 1979
Accession Number 144015
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : E side of Tampa Road, 0.4 mi. S of Miami Avenue (=Higgs Lane) at a point 0.3 mi. W of Key Deer Boulevard, ca. 2.7 mi. NW of junction US 1 on Big Pine Key. T66S, R29E, Sec. 16, NW¼ of SE¼ of NE¼. 24° 41' 58" N 81° 23' 0" W
Habitat Shrubby coastal rock barren.
Reproductive State
Elevation 0 to 5 ft
Collector S. L. Orzell
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 10 Jan 1993
Accession Number 239130
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. Ca. 0.5 mi. S of Gate 9. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Locally infrequent; ca. 1.5 m tall; leaves very coarse; berry green.
Habitat Pinewoods.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. R. Smith 679
with T. Myint, F.C. Craighead
Collection Date 09 Aug 1961
Accession Number 47211
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Common.
Habitat Hammock.
Reproductive State
Collector O. K. Lakela 25729
with F.C. Craighead
Collection Date 30 Mar 1963
Accession Number 55594
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Along C-905 ca. 1 mi. S of intersection with Card Sound Bridge Road.
Habitat Tropical hardwood hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. E. Poppleton 804
Collection Date 22 May 1976
Accession Number 123333
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Key Deer Boulevard, Big Pine Key.
Description Small tree 5 m tall; leaves dark green and roughish above and lighter green below.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9668
Collection Date 01 Mar 1981
Accession Number 158088
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Hole-in-the-Doughnut, SE of Roayal Palm Hammock. 28° 0' 19" N 82° 27' 3" W
Habitat Scrub pineland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 4109
with R.P. Wunderlin
Collection Date 29 Dec 1973
Accession Number 111661
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Kings Highway, W Homestead. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Habitat Roadside areas and scrub land, in Miami oolitic limestone.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long 1960
Collection Date 07 Jul 1966
Accession Number 75290
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Key Largo. 27° 54' 34" N 82° 47' 14" W
Description Shrub with coriaceous leaves, scabrous above and finely pubescent beneath.
Habitat Roadside hammock.
Reproductive State
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9665
Collection Date 07 Feb 1981
Accession Number 180071
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Along FL 940 on Big Pine Key near National Key Deer Refuge.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector J. Carlton
Collection Date 17 May 1973
Accession Number 201380
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Princeton, 1.3 km S of US 1, 2.3 km W of Florida Turnpike. 25° 33' 1" N 80° 23' 11" W
Habitat Pine rockland, burned in past few months; Neyraudia abundant.
Reproductive State
Collector A. R. Franck 3944
Collection Date 12 Jul 2015
Accession Number 281946
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent. - Determined By: Wilbur, 1966
Locality Antigua & Barbuda. Antigua , St. Mary Par. : Shekerley Mountains along road to Boggy Peak.
Description Common shrub ca. 3 m high; fruiting calyces reddish.
Habitat Dry wooded slopes.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. L. Wilbur
with E. L. Dunn
Collection Date 08 Jul 1964
Accession Number 84617
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent. - Determined By: Proctor,
Locality Dominican Republic. La Romana Prov. Altos de Chavón, ENE of La Romana on upland of W side of Río Chavón. 18° 25' 0" N 68° 54' 0" W
Description 3 m tall; fruit green and wrinkled (dry?).
Habitat Dry-arid broadleaf forest and shrubland, open and cut-over.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 75 to 100 ft
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía & C. Ramirez
Collection Date 13 Jun 1981
Accession Number 173628
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality Puerto Rico. San Juan Mun. : Agr. Expt. Station wood lot.
Description Flower narrow, hairy brown; brown to white; 10 ft. high shrub; 4 in. dbh.
Habitat Tropical humid - secondary bush.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 150 to ft
Collector M. S. Korhove
Collection Date 11 Aug 1964
Accession Number 190846
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. St. John Island Above Cinnamon Bay on road to Herman Farm.
Description Tree, 5 m by 8 cm; fruits red at maturity.
Habitat Hillside; dry evergreen woodland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 60 to 120 m
Collector S. A. Mori
with R. Woodbury
Collection Date 08 Nov 1984
Accession Number 185998
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Nov 1992
Locality Dominica. St. Paul Par. : S side of Cochrane road, 1.6 mi. E of coastal highway; E of Canefield. 15° 19' 60" N 61° 23' 60" W
Description Fruit green, firm, erect on peduncles above leaves, possibly ripe; occasional tree 15-20 ft. tall.
Habitat Dry ridge, steep slope; somewhat unusual pocket of dry forest; ridge.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 800 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with R. Wagenseil
Collection Date 03 Aug 1992
Accession Number 207018
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent. - Determined By: Wilbur, 1966
Locality Dominica. St. John Par. : Near Anse Du Me on the N coast ca. 7 mi. E of Portsmouth. 15° 34' 0" N 61° 27' 0" W
Description Occasional small tree 5 m high.
Habitat Forested bluff projecting into the sea.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. L. Wilbur
Collection Date 11 Aug 1964
Accession Number 84641
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality Puerto Rico. Sabana Grande Mun. : Reserva Forestal Susua; 0.8 mi. NE of PR 368 along road to Reserva Forestal Susua; 2.5 mi. ESE of Sabana Grande.
Description Small tree 3 m tall.
Habitat Low scrub on serpentine slopes.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 175 to ft
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda & M. E. Ragan
Collection Date 23 Sep 1982
Accession Number 169108
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Guettarda scabra
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Determination History
Guettarda scabra L. Vent.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Miami. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Habitat Pine land.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. Mulvania
Collection Date 26 Aug 1929
Accession Number 294819
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