Wild Flowering Plants

Apocynaceae
Rhabdadenia biflora   (Jacq.) Müll.Arg.
S. Florida to Tropical America.
Rare woody vine of lowland freshwater swamps, including Pterocarpus forest. Threatened by habitat loss, especially Bois D'Orange swamp.
Important species of coastal wetland forests including mangrove. It helps stabilize soils and also its tangle of branches povide protection for fauna.
Nocturnal flowers pollinated ny hawk moths (which have a long tongue to reach nectaries).
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