Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Capsella bursa-pastoris
bolsa de pastor, shepherd's-purse, shepherdspurse
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Capparales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Capsella
Species
bursa-pastoris
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Thlaspi bursa-pastoris L.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- 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.
- Standley, P.C. Steyermark, J.A. (1946) Cruciferae. In: Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds.), Flora of Guatemala-Part IV. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(4): 354–380.
- 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, Capsella bursa-pastoris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1870. Accessed 21 August 2025.