Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sida cordata
heartleaf fanpetals, long stalk sida
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sida
Species
cordata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sida veronicifolia Lam. (POWO, 2022). Syn.: Sida veronicifolia Lam. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Robinson (1902) as Sida veronicaefolia.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Hamann, O. (1979) Taxonomic and floristic notes from the Galapagos Island. Bot. Notiser 132: 435-440.
- 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 (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- 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).
- 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, Sida cordata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16421. Accessed 31 October 2026.