Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cranichis werffii
orquidea
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cranichis
Species
werffii
Taxon category: Accepted
Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).
Origin: Native
- Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Personal observations Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
- Garay, L.A. (1978) 225(1). Orchidaceae (Cypripedioideae, Orchidoideae, Neottioideae). Flora del Ecuador 9: 1–305.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cranichis werffii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1017. Accessed 31 October 2026.