Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lecocarpus leptolobus
The herbage wholly spreading-hispidulous, freely branched upward, the lower of stem more woody , leaf blades more or less elliptic and fruits desenly glandular and somewhat hispidulous.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lecocarpus
Species
leptolobus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acanthospermum leptolobum S.F. Blake
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lecocarpus leptolobus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2010. Accessed 31 October 2026.