Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Senega galapageia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Polygalales
Family
Polygalaceae
Genus
Senega
Species
galapageia
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Polygala galapageia Hook. f.; In Andersson (1855) as Polygala galapageja.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Senega galapageia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25352. Accessed 31 October 2026.