Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ixora coccinea
geranio de la jungla, llama de los bosques, cruz de malta, jungle geranium, flame of the woods, jungle flame
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Ixora
Species
coccinea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ixora coccinea var. intermedia (Elmer) Fosberg & Sachet
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Lorence, D.H. (1999) A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 1–177.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ixora coccinea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1757. Accessed 30 June 2025.