Species Detail: Guaiacum officinale
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Guaiacum officinale
 
Authority: L.
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Lignum vitae Caribbean English
Pokhout Dutch Caribbean Dutch
Wayaca Aruba Papiamento
Wayaká Bonaire Papiamento
Wayaká Curaçao Papiamento
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae
(Dicots)		 Sapindales
 Zygophyllaceae Guajacum
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description:

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II
IUCN Redlist Global EN
Natureserve Global G2
SPAW Caribbean III

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Caribbean

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
St. Eustatius

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
St. Martin

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Arnoldo's zakflora : wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao / bew. door A.S.J. van Proosdij. - 3de geh. herz. hd. - Met medew. Van P. Ketner, P.J.M. Maas, J.A. de Freitas & M.H. Jansen-Jacobs. - Eindred. P. Ketner. - Amsterdam : Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied, 2001. - 287 p. : ill., fig., foto's ; 23 cm. - With bibliogr., index. - (Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied: 144). - ISBN: 90.5730.162.8 Proosdij, A.S.J. van Published document
Biologische inventarisatie van St. Maarten / [by] Anna Rojer. - Rojer-Beenhakker, Anna C. - [III], 55, [45] bl. : ill., fig., foto's, krt. ; 30 cm. - With bibliogr. (bl. 50-55). - In binder. - KNAP project 96-10. - [Willemstad], Curaçao : Stichting Carmabi, 1997 Rojer-Beenhakker, Anna C. Published document
De inheemse bomen van de Benedenwindse Eilanden (Curaçao, Bonaire en Aruba) / John A. de Freitas. - de Freitas, John A. - 95 p. : ill., foto's ; 24 cm. - With bibliogr., index. - 99904-61-00-7. - [Willemstad], Curaçao : Stichting Carmabi, 1996 Freitas, John A. de Published document

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