Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Posoqueria latifolia
Jazmín de monte, carica, boca de vieja, needle flower tree, tree Jasmine, perfume tree
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Posoqueria
Species
latifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Roem. & Schult.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
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.
- 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.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Taylor, C.M. Hammel, B. & Gereau, R.E. (2011) Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXVII: Six New Species and a New Taxonomic View of Posoqueria. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 21(1): 118-132.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Posoqueria latifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2016. Accessed 30 April 2025.