Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Euphorbia hirta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Species
hirta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. (WFO, 2021; POWO, 2022). Acc. name: Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. fide Wiggins & Porter (1971).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1932
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Christophersen, E. (1932) A Collection of Plants from the Galápagos Islands. Nyt Mag. Naturvidenskaberne 70: 67-95.
- 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/
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Euphorbia hirta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16734. Accessed 3 May 2026.