Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bursera graveolens subsp. malacophylla
Palo santo de galápagos, Galapagos incense tree, dwarf palo santo
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Sapindales
Family
Burseraceae
Genus
Bursera
Species
graveolens
Subspecies
subsp. malacophylla
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Bursera malacophylla B.L. Rob.; Syn.: Bursera malacophylla B.L. Rob (2021). Syn.: Bursera graveolens f. malacophylla (B.L. Rob.) J.F. Macbr.
Origin: Endemic
- McMullen, C.K. (1999) Flowering plants of the Galapagos. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 370 pp.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
- Weeks, A. Tye, A. (2009) Phylogeography of palo santo trees (Bursera graveolens and Brusera malacophylla; Burseraceae) in the Galápagos archipielago Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 396-410.
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bursera graveolens subsp. malacophylla", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19128. Accessed 20 August 2025.