Wormbush Dysphania ambrosioides

Photo: Carel de Haseth

Classification

Amaranthaceae [family]
Dysphania [genus] (1)
ambrosioides [species]

Classification

Amaranthaceae [family]
Dysphania [genus] (1)
ambrosioides [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Aruba
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  • Introduced (2) - Bonaire
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  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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  • Introduced (2) - Saba
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
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    Distribution description Native to Tristan da Cunha, southern America and northern America.
    Notes on presence status Introduced in the West Indies and Antilles.

    Publications

    • Axelrod, F.S. 2015. A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Sint Eustatius. 179 pp.
    • Boldingh, I. 1909. The flora of the Dutch West Indian Islands St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin. 321 pp. E.j. Brill., Leiden.
    • Howard, R.A. 1988. Dicotyledoneae - Part 1. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 4: 673. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Proosdij, A.S.J. van 2012. Arnoldo's Zakflora: Wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao. 318 pp. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.
    • 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.
    • Stoffers, A.L. 1980. Chenopodiaceae. Flora of the Netherlands Antilles 2: 137-143.
    • WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]