Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Baccharis gnidiifolia
Freely branching shrub with minutely and inconspicuosly granular, leaves rather numerous narrow, pappus white not notably elongate in fruit and achenes glabrous
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Baccharis
Species
gnidiifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Baccharis doniana Hook. & Arn., Baccharis hemiprionodes H.Buek, Baccharis semiserrata DC., Baccharis semiserrata var. glabrata DC., Baccharis sternbergiana Steud., Baccharis sternbergiana var. pubescens Perkins
Origin: Native
Distribution: Rare species known from nine populations, seven of them in Galapagos and two in the Andes. Andean populations could be affected by deforestation, while those in Galapagos (restricted to Fernandina, Isabela and Santiago islands) could be affected by the introduction of mammals.
- Adsersen, H. (1987) Patrones de distribución interna de las plantas vasculares en Galápagos. Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.74-87
- Andersson, N.J. (1861-1862) Ueber Die Vegetation der Galapagos-Inseln Linnaea 31: 571-631
- Fosberg, F. R. (1987) Vegetación inalterada en Fernandina, 1964 Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 66-74
- Hendrix, L.B. Smith, S.D. (1986) Post eruption revegetation of Isla Fernandina, Galapagos II. (NB no recs cited in Lawesson et al. nor in database.) Nat. Geograph. Research 2(1): 6-16.
- León-Yánez, S. Valencia, R., N. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete (2011) Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador. 2 da. Edición. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. Pp. 957.
- 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/
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Baccharis gnidiifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17240. Accessed 1 November 2026.