Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stromanthe stromanthoides
Bijao
It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome (POWO, 2023).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Marantaceae
Genus
Stromanthe
Species
stromanthoides
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (POWO, 2023).
- 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/
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stromanthe stromanthoides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25043. Accessed 5 November 2026.