Galapagos Species Database
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Gomphrena radicata
Leaves crowded at apex of thick, vertical root rushlike densely silky-hairy at base, stems several often branched above, bract, bractlets and perianth-segments whitish, seed round and reddish brown.
A coastal plant growing in open, sunny places, among lava and shell fragments along beaches. Its abundance has declined on Española, Floreana and San Cristóbal and it is still threatened by feral goats, especially on Floreana and San Cristóbal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Gomphrena
Species
radicata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Alternanthera radicata Hook. f.; According to Wiggins & Porter (1971), Alternanthera radicata is a synonym of Lithophila radicata (Hook. f.) Standl.; according to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010), L. radicata is a synonym of A. radicata.
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Se encuentra un solo registro en las islas Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Floreana y Española.
- 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 radicata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24844. Accessed 1 November 2026.