Galapagos Species Database

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

Varronia leucophlyctis (Hook. f.) Andersson

cordia, lance-leaved cordia

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Lamiales

Family
Boraginaceae

Genus
Varronia

Species
leucophlyctis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cordia leucophlyctis Hook.f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010) as Varronia leucophyctis. Stutzman et al. 2012:Syn.: Cordia leucophlyctis Hook.f.

Origin: Endemic

Status

Least concern

Distribution

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

References

  • Andersson, N.J. (1857) Om Galapagos-Oarnes Vegetation. Virgin, Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa, Pt 1:1-34
  • 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.
  • Heleno, R. Blake, S., Jaramillo, P., Traveset, A., Vargas, P. & Nogales, M. (2011) Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: what is the state of the art? Integrative Zoology 6: 110-128.
  • Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
  • 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).
  • Stutzman, J. Lickey, E. Weeks, A. McMullen, C. (2012) A taxonomic study of the Galápagos endemic Varronia (cordiaceae) species with nomenclatural notes. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(1): 75 – 99.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Varronia leucophlyctis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16604. Accessed 9 June 2026.