Tamala humilis (Nash) Small. Common name: Silk Bay. Habitat: Florida scrub. Distribution: N. FL peninsula (Levy, Alachua, Putnam, and Flagler counties) south to s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, S, S13, Weakley (2023a) in Weakley et al (2023); = Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. var. humilis (Nash) L.E.Kopp — Fl2, WH3; = Persea humilis Nash — FNA3, K4, NS, Godfrey (1988). Basionym: Persea humilis Nash 1895
Links to other floras: = Persea humilis - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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