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Trigonopterum laricifolium (Hook.f.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.

Romerillo, Macraea, needle-leafed daisy

Shrub branched from base, the young twigs densely white-strigose, leaves mucronate at tips and yellow flowers.

It is found in the dry and transition zones in shrubland, where it is a key component.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Trigonopterum

Species
laricifolium

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Macraea laricifolia Hook. f.; Syn.: Lipochaeta laricifolia (Hook. f.) Gray, Trigonopterum ponteni Andersson fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). Wagner & Robinson (2001) found out that the genus Macraea Hook. f. was a later homonym of Macraea J. Lindl., a synonym of Viviania Cav. in the Geraniaceae. The next and only available generic name was Trigonopterum Steetz ex N. J. Andersson.

Origin: Endemic

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Abundant species and a dominant component of shrublands vegetation on many islands. It is an endemic genus of Ecuador.

References

  • 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/
  • Wagner, W.L. Robinson, H. (2001) Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis. Brittonia, 53(4): 539-561.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Trigonopterum laricifolium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24846. Accessed 4 June 2026.