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




Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Species
nummularia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Euphorbia nummularia var. nummularia (Hook. f.) D.G. Burch; Syn.: Chamaesyce nummularia (Hook.f.) D.G. Burch, Chamaesyce nummularia var. glabra (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) D.G. Burch, Chamaesyce nummularia var. nummularia (Hook. f.) D.G. Burch, Euphorbia nummularia var. glabra B.L. Rob. & Greenm. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Endemic
- Abbott, I. Abbott, L.K. (1973) New distribution records of 65 plant species within the Galapagos Archipelago. Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), unpublished.
- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Personal observations Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
- Andersson, N.J. (1861-1862) Ueber Die Vegetation der Galapagos-Inseln Linnaea 31: 571-631
- Andersson, N.J. (1858) Flora of the Galápagos Islands (translated from Swedish). Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academien Botanik 1: 3-34
- Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
- Burch, D. (1969) Notes on the Galápagos Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae). Annls. Missouri Bot. Gard. 56(2): 173-178.
- Burch, D. (1970) A New Combination in Chamaesyce from the Galápagos Islands. Madroño 20(5): 253.
- Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
- 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 nummularia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16194. Accessed 13 August 2026.