Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius var. santacruzianus
margarita de Darwin
A woody dome-shaped shrub. The lance-shaped leaves grow in whorls up the branches. The white daisy-like flowers grow in groups and are normally present all year round.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Darwiniothamnus
Species
tenuifolius
Subspecies
var. santacruzianus
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius var. tenuifolius. In Harling (1962) as Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius ssp. santacruzianus.
Origin: Endemic
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- Harling, G. (1962) On Some Compositae Endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Acta Horti Bergiani. 20(3): 63-119.
- Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius var. santacruzianus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2099. Accessed 3 April 2026.