Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Roem. & Schult.

Jazmín de monte, carica, boca de vieja, needle flower tree, tree Jasmine, perfume tree

Taxonomy

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

Introduction

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

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.