Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Acalypha parvula var. chathamensis
acalypha
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Acalypha
Species
parvula
Subspecies
var. chathamensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Acalypha chathamensis Robinson fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Seberg, O. (1984) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Nordic J. Botany 4(2): 159-190.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Webster, G.L. (1970) Notes on Galápagos Euphorbiaceae. Madroño 20(5): 257-263.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acalypha parvula var. chathamensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16180. Accessed 31 October 2026.