Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lecocarpus leptolobus intermediates
Lecocarpus
Leaf lobes often bearing small side-lobes, approaching bipinnatifid; mature diaspore sometimes spineless but often bearing one to five long slender curved spines with fattened wing-like bases (Tye and Jaramillo, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lecocarpus
Species
leptolobus
Subspecies
intermediates
Taxon category: Accepted
Intermediate characters between <>Lecocarpus leptolobus<> and <>L. darwinii<> (Tye and Jaramillo, 2022).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Populations at Cerro Colorado and Cerro Pelado (San Cristobal) are characterized by a diaspore matching that of <>L. leptolobus<> and a leaf form that is intermediate but closer to that of <>L. darwinii<> (Tye and Jaramillo, 2022).
- Tye, A. Jaramillo, P. (2022) Rediscovery of the Galapagos endemic Lecocarpus leptolobus (Asteraceae), its morphology, distribution and taxonomy relative to its congeners Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boac026, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac026
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Lecocarpus leptolobus intermediates", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25350. Accessed 6 November 2026.