Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Euphorbia galapageia B.L. Rob. & Greenm.

lechoso de suelo

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Euphorbiales

Family
Euphorbiaceae

Genus
Euphorbia

Species
galapageia

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chamaesyce galapageia (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) D.G. Burch fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Endemic

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
  • Burch, D. (1969) Notes on the Galápagos Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae). Annls. Missouri Bot. Gard. 56(2): 173-178.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Euphorbia galapageia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16191. Accessed 31 October 2026.