Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aloysia citrodora
Cedrón, Lemon beebrush
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Aloysia
Species
citrodora
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aloysia triphylla Royle (POWO, 2022)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
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.
- 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/
- 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, Aloysia citrodora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20230. Accessed 5 November 2026.