Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Varronia scouleri
cordia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Varronia
Species
scouleri
Taxon category: Accepted
Stutzman et al. 2012: Syn.: Cordia scouleri Hook.f. 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.
- Andersson, N.J. (1861-1862) Ueber Die Vegetation der Galapagos-Inseln Linnaea 31: 571-631
- Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
- 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.
- Restrepo, A. Bush, M., Correa-Metrio, A., Conroy, J., Gardener, M. R., Jaramillo, P., Steinitz-Kannan, M., Overpeck, J. & Colinvaux, P. (2011) Impacts of climate variability and human colonization on the vegetation of the Galápagos Islands. Ecology: 1-42.
- 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 scouleri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16606. Accessed 1 November 2026.