Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gomphrena rigida
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Gomphrena
Species
rigida
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Blutaparon rigidum (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) Mears; Syn.: Philoxerus rigidus (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) Howell fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- León-Yánez, S. Valencia, R., N. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete (2011) Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador. 2 da. Edición. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. Pp. 957.
- 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/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gomphrena rigida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24845. Accessed 5 November 2026.