Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Senega galapageia var. insularis
Taxon author updated to (A.W. Benn.) B.L. Rob. 18th June 2021 (Jaramillo & Trigo).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Polygalales
Family
Polygalaceae
Genus
Senega
Species
galapageia
Subspecies
var. insularis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Polygala galapageia var. insularis (A.W. Benn.) B.L. Rob.; Syn.: Polygala obovata Hook.f. (non St. Hil.) fide Wiggins & Porter (1971), P. chatamensis Andersson, P. obovata f. angustifolia Andersson, P. obovata f. latifolia Andersson fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Endemic
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- Howell, J.T. Porter, D.M. (1968) The Plant Genus Polygala in the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 32(19): 581-586.
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- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Riley, L.A.M. (1925) Critical Notes on Galápagos Plants (St. George Pacific Expedition, 1924). Kew Bull. Misc. Info. 1925(5): 216-231.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Senega galapageia var. insularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25357. Accessed 31 October 2026.