Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Polyscias scutellaria
aralia Fabian, shield aralia, Balfour's aralia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Polyscias
Species
scutellaria
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aralia balfouriana André
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
- Lowry, P.P. (1989) A revision of Araliaceae from Vanuatu. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 11: 117–155.
- Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- 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, Polyscias scutellaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1862. Accessed 26 April 2025.