Herbarium Specimen Details

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1991
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Ardisia escallonioides Schiede & Deppe ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Determined By: Lakela,
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. On Old Ingraham Highway, E of dump, 1 mi. S of Paradise Key. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Abundant, widely established.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 15 Jan 1961
Accession Number 47274
Image 47274.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Pelican Marsh. Ca. 0.5 mi. E of Naples Park, N of Naples. T48S, R25E, Sec's 27, 34, 35. 26° 8' 31" N 81° 47' 41" W
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector K. Pierce
Collection Date 11-13 Feb 1998
Accession Number 222249
Image 222249.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1991
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Ardisia escallonioides Schiede & Deppe ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Determined By: Lakela,
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Everglades National Park. Old Ingraham Highway. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Reproductive State Immature Fruit Fruit
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 10 Jan 1962
Accession Number 47275
Image 47275.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: T. MacClendon, 18 Jul 2002
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : Melbourne Village. Residential area next to Deerhead Hammock. 28° 5' 29" N 80° 39' 54" W
Description Erect woody shrub to 2.5 m [tall], with white flowers, no fruit [present]. Common.
Habitat Maritime hammock; sandy soil.
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Collector T. MacClendon 64
with K.R. Weichman
Collection Date 18 Jul 2002
Accession Number 233529
Image 233529.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Ca. 0.3 mi. E of US 441, ca. 0.4 mi. N of Hillsboro Boulevard. 26° 19' 24" N 80° 11' 52" W
Habitat Edge of trail in fire-suppressed mesic flatwoods.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Collector G. Gann 56
with K. Bradley, S. Woodmansee
Collection Date 17 Mar 1998
Accession Number 223212
Image 223212.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1991
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. Along both sides of Farm Road. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Abundantly naturalized.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Collector J. E. Poppleton
with E. Poppleton, A.G. Shuey, D.R. Reynolds
Collection Date 18 Dec 1974
Accession Number 116910
Image 116910.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Oakland Park. John D. Easterlin Park. T49S, R42E, Sec. 21, SE¼. 28° 33' 18" N 81° 37' 59" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector P. L. Howell 464
Collection Date 17 Nov 2000
Accession Number 227156
Image 227156.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Brevard Co. : South Beaches. West of FL A1A, N of Long Point Road.
Habitat Cabbage palm hammock.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector P. A. Schmalzer
Collection Date 07 Jul 2006
Accession Number 243258
Image 243258.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Martin Co. : Along S Fork St. Lucie River/Okeechobee Waterway, just SE of Palm City. 28° 0' 19" N 82° 27' 3" W
Habitat Mangroves.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector C. Raymond
Collection Date 28 Aug 2002
Accession Number 232225
Image 232225.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: J. M. Kunzer, 4 Jul 2008
Determination History
Ardisia escallonioides Schltdl. & Cham.
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Fort Lauderdale. Along S side of FL 84, 0.5 mi. W of I-95. T50S, R42E, Sec. 20, SW¼ of NE¼.
Habitat Along disturbed edge of cypress [Taxodium] swamp.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 10584
with R.P. Sauleda
Collection Date 19 Oct 1985
Accession Number 188898
Image 188898.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : S side of Bryan Dairy Road, ca. 0.5 mi. W of US 19, in county conservation area, possibly an old nursery area. T30S, R16E, Sec. 17, N½.
Description Large shrub 12-24 dm tall; flowers pink and star-shaped.
Habitat Dense thicket in hydric hammock, with Magnolia virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Sapium sebiferum, Sambucus, and Osmunda cinnamomea.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector B. B. Lambert
with S.D. Robinson, D. Prewitt
Collection Date 22 Jul 2008
Accession Number 246176
Image 246176.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Martin Co. : Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Within Kitching Creek floodplain near the N boundary; section 5.
Habitat Cypress [Taxodium] strand.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. Roberts
Collection Date 18 Jan 2001
Accession Number 258083
Image 258083.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Charlotte Co. : Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park. NNW of main office. T42S, R23E, Sec. 5, NE¼. 26° 55' 0" N 81° 55' 0" W
Habitat Hydric hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector E. Gandy
Collection Date 12 Mar 2009
Accession Number 259427
Image 259427.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Sarasota Co. : Oscar Scherer State Park. Along N side of Lester Finley Trail. T38S, R18E, Sec. 14, NW¼ of SW¼ of SE¼.
Habitat Mesic hammock.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector E. Gandy
with S. Braem
Collection Date 18 Aug 2008
Accession Number 259717
Image 259717.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Pinellas Co. : Little Bayou Park. E of the junction of 4th Street South and 54th Avenue South, S of Little Bayou Creek. 27° 43' 7" N 82° 38' 13" W
Description Abundant in understory.
Habitat Mesic oak hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. Chicone 677
Collection Date 15 Nov 2008
Accession Number 260358
Image 260358.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve. 1.4 air km E of I-75, 600 m S of Bayshore Road, 10.6 air km NE of downtown Fort Myers, along N bank of Caloosahatchee River. 26° 42' 34" N 81° 47' 27" W
Description Naturalizing and common.
Habitat Floodplain forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. W. Woodmansee 1780
with S. Green
Collection Date 01 Feb 2006
Accession Number 261854
Image 261854.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Manatee Co. : South Restoration Trail, Emerson Point Preserve, 5801 17th Street West, Palmetto. 27° 31' 48" N 82° 39' 0" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector N. G. West
Collection Date 22 Mar 2013
Accession Number 267716
Image 267716.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1991
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Reproductive State Fruit Bud
Collector L. Pardue
Collection Date 22 Jul 1968
Accession Number 85179
Image 85179.JPG
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1991
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Plot 72, volunteer.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector M. Meagher
Collection Date 15 May 1973
Accession Number 106245
Image 106245.JPG
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: Illegible determiner name,
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb. - Determined By: M. Nee, 1993
Locality Puerto Rico. Mayaguez Mun. : Bo. Miradero, Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS), adjacent to Universidad de Puerto Rico campus in Mayaguez. 18° 12' 45" N 67° 8' 0" W
Description Common; understory shrub to 6 m tall, 10 cm in diameter; fruits dark purple, juicy.
Habitat Open areas and disturbed woodland with remnants of many planted species; in wooded area.
Reproductive State
Elevation 25 to m
Collector M. Nee
Collection Date 15 Nov 1993
Accession Number 209131
Image 209131.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Indian River Co. : Captain Forster Hammock Preserve, 8610 Jungle Trail, Vero Beach. 28° 45' 5" N 80° 23' 54" W
Description Plants very numerous; young stems and new foliage pinkish; fruit turning red, then maturing black.
Habitat On trail and in undisturbed natural area of oak - sabal maritime hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. Gubler
with G.R. Bupp
Collection Date 24 Feb 2016
Accession Number 292991
Image 292991.JPG
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Primulaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Sep 1995
Locality Guyana. Essequibo Islands-West Demerara W side of Demerara River along the old road, 4.6 km S of pontoon bridge; N of sluice gate. 6° 40' 0" N 58° 9' 60" W
Description Flowers pale lavender-pink, pendulous, under leaves; shrub 1-1.3 m tall.
Habitat Along river bank.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 10 m
Collector S. R. Hill
with C. N. Horn
Collection Date 14 Aug 1995
Accession Number 215456
Image 215456.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Dec 2019
Determination History
Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : W side ot Matheson Hammock.
Description Tree ca. 2 m tall.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector C. H. Dodson
with L. Garbarini, A. Hetzell, P. Schmahl
Collection Date 07 Mar 1968
Accession Number 300606
Image 300606.JPG
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Corner of SW 78th Avenue and SW 129th Terrace, Pinecrest. 25° 30' 2" N 80° 19' 14" W
Description Shrub to 2 m; berries purple-black.
Habitat Along fenceline between residences.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. R. Franck
Collection Date 31 Dec 2016
Accession Number 300646
Image 300646.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Locality USA. Florida , Hendry Co. : Green Glades West, 0.5 km N of the Collier County line, ca. 16 km SW of the Josie Billie Highway and West Boundary Road junction. 26° 15' 33" N 81° 8' 50" W
Habitat Mesic hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. R. Franck
with G.J. Wilder, S.M. McHugh, J. McKibben
Collection Date 29 Jan 2021
Accession Number 302394
Image 302394.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Ardisia elliptica
Family Name Myrsinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Ardisia elliptica Thunb. - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Billy Creek Preserve and Filter Marsh, 4320 Woodside Avenue, Fort Myers; along N fenceline of preserve. 26° 39' 48" N 81° 49' 17" W
Description Naturalized; multiple shrubs to 20 ft. tall, with many seedlings presernt; new leaves, petioles, and young stems rerddish to reddish purple; immature fruit pinkish red, maturing to purplish black.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. S. Frank
with S.H. Brown
Collection Date 01 Mar 2018
Accession Number 304423
Image 304423.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation