Literature

• CITES 2015. Checklist of CITES Species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. [link]
• Howard, R.A. 1989. Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 5: 604. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
• MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
• Posthouwer, C., Verheijden, T.M.S., Andel, T.R. van 2016. A Rapid Sustainability Assessment of Wild Plant Extraction on the Dutch Caribbean Island of St. Eustatius. Economic Botany 20(10): 1-12.
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
• The Plant List 2013. The Plant List version 1.1. [link]
• WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• Encyclopedia of Life. [link] (Cactaceae)
• Buurt, G. van 2014. Caquetío Indians on Curaçao during colonial times and Caquetío words in the Papiamentu language. Some names of Animals and Plants in Papiamentu. 93pp. Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma & University of Curaçao. (Opuntia)