Galapagos Species Database
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Gomphrena subscaposa
Basal rosette of leaves at apex of vertical root, leaves oblong-laceolate, nervature with short profusely branched and seed of colour reddish brown.
Distributed in rocky habitas in the higlands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Gomphrena
Species
subscaposa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Alternanthera subscaposa Hook. f.; Syn. Alternanthera subscaposa Hook.fil., Iresine subscaposa (Hook.fil.) Kuntze, Lithophila subscaposa (Hook.fil.) Standl. (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Restricted to Santiago and Floreana islands, with one record collected by A. Stewart on Pinzón island. Attacked by feral goats on Floreana and Santiago.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Ortuño Limarino, T. Borsch, T. (2020) Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae, Gomphrenoideae) diversified as a C4 lineage in the New World tropics with specializations in floral and inflorescence morphology, and an escape to Australia. Willdenowia, 50(3): 345-381.
- 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/
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gomphrena subscaposa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24843. Accessed 6 June 2026.