Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Breynia disticha var. nivosa (W. Bull) Croizat, Phyllanthus nivosus W. Bull fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). 26th may 2021 family changed to Phyllanthaceae, order Malpighiales.

Taxon origin: Introduced - established

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Year of first record: 1991

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

• 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.
• 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).
• 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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