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Ziziphus celata
Also called Florida jujube, Florida Ziziphus, Garret's Ziziphus
Pseudoziziphus celata, the Florida jujube, is a small spiny shrub endemic to central Florida's Lake Wales Ridge and one of the rarest plants in the state, so it is not in cultivation as an everyday garden plant. It is a federally and state endangered species and should not be collected from the wild.
Pseudoziziphus celata, commonly known as the Florida jujube or Florida ziziphus, is a small xeric-adapted shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida (restricted to Polk and Highlands counties), and is one of the rarest plants in Florida. It is listed as federally endangered in the United States and state endangered in Florida. It is the sister species of Pseudoziziphus parryi (U.S. Southwest) comprising the only two species in the genus, which are wild relatives of the cultivated jujube (Ziziphus jujuba).
Florida ziziphus is currently restricted to just twelve extant wild populations in Highlands and Polk County, Florida, which collectively support only about 40 genetically distinct individuals, but which can produce numerous clonal ramets in ideal conditions.
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