Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hamelia patens
coralillo ,achiotillo colorado, pata de venada, fire bush, scarlet bush
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Hamelia
Species
patens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers. and Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1991
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Clavijo, P. Valdebenito, H. & Hurtado, F. (1991) Plantas introducidas en las areas urbanas de las islas Galapagos. Typescript reports in files of Botany Dept.
- 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.
- Lorence, D.H. (1999) A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 1–177.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hamelia patens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1045. Accessed 3 November 2026.