Galapagos Species Database

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Froelichia nudicaulis subsp. curta Howell

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Caryophyllales

Family
Amaranthaceae

Genus
Froelichia

Species
nudicaulis

Subspecies
subsp. curta

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

References

  • Howell, J.T. (1933) The Amaranthaceae of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21(9) 87-116.
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  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Kellogg, V.L. Kuwana, S.I. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899 X. Entomological results (8). Mallophaga from birds. Proceedings of the Washington. Academy of Sciences, 4, 457–499, pls 28–31.
  • Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
  • Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Froelichia nudicaulis subsp. curta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=174. Accessed 10 June 2026.