Sapindus marginatus Willdenow. Section: Sapindus. Common name: Florida Soapberry. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Coastal marsh hammocks, shell middens. Distribution: Se. SC and e. GA south to c. peninsular FL (Lee and Brevard counties), and on the Gulf Coast in s. MS. Small (1933) reported this species from SC, based on collections by Mellichamp at Bluffton; there are no recent records.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Although sometimes combined with the tropical Sapindus saponaria, we follow most Florida authors (Clewell 1985, Tomlinson 1986, Godfrey 1988, Nelson 1994, Nelson 1996) in maintaining Sapindus marginatus as distinct.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, RAB, S, S13, Brizicky (1963), Franck (2024); < Sapindus saponaria L. — Fl4, WH3; < Sapindus saponaria L. ssp. saponaria — FNA13; < Sapindus saponaria L. var. saponaria. Basionym: Sapindus marginatus Willd. 1809

Links to other floras: < Sapindus saponaria ssp. saponaria - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7