Presence
| Recorded on | |
| Presence status | |
| Natural distribution | S. America |
| Distribution description | Native to southern America. |
| Notes on presence status | Collected only under cultivation at Sint Eustatius. |
Publications
- Axelrod, F.S. 2015. A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Sint Eustatius. 179 pp.
- Burg, M.P. van den, Proosdij, A.S.J. van, Balborda, T.M., Boeken, M., Buurt, G. van, Freitas, J. de, Houtepen, E., Leeuwen, S.J. van, Mitchell, A., Waart, S. de & Debrot, A.O. 2025. Invasive Species: Major Threat to Caribbean Netherlands Biodiversity. In: Debrot et al. 2025. State of Nature Report for the Caribbean Netherlands 2024. C001/25: 337-351. Wageningen University and Research.
- Howard, R.A. 1979. Monocotyledoneae. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 3: 586. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
- WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]