Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Govenia utriculata
duendecito, tropical govenia
Terrestrial herb with fleshy roots and large leaves. The flowers are white or pale cream-colored and fleshy (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Govenia
Species
utriculata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Limodorum utriculatum Sw.; Wiggins & Porter (1971) as Cymbidium utriculatum (Sw.) Sw. Order changed from Orchidales to Asparagales (updated by: J.Villalba 2022).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
- Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
- 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.
- Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- Dodson, C.H. Dodson, P.M. (1980) Orchids of Ecuador. Icon. Pl. Trop. 1: 1–100.
- Luer, C.A. (1972) The Orchids of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Amer. Orchid Soc. 41: 868-872.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Govenia utriculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1020. Accessed 3 August 2025.