Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H.E.Moore (GBIF, 2021; POWO, 2022).

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 2006

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.

• 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.
• GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
• 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/
• Zona, S. Francisco-Ortega, J., Jestrow, B., Baker, W. & Lewis, C. (2011) Molecular phylogenetics of the palm subtribe Ptychospermatinae (Arecaceae) Zona, S., Francisco-Ortega, J., Jestrow, B., Baker, W. & Lewis, C. (2011). Molecular phylogenetics of the palm subtribe Ptychospermatinae (Arecaceae). American Journal of Botany, 98(10), 1716-1726.
• Lim, T.K. (2012) Adonidia merrillii Lim T.K. (2012). Adonidia merrillii. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_39