Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Home Research Hub dataZone Galapagos Species Database

Sambucus mexicana C.Presl ex DC.

tilo, sauco, blue elderberry, Mexican elder, Elderberry

Photo: .
Photo: .

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Dipsacales

Family
Viburnaceae

Genus
Sambucus

Species
mexicana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sambucus bipinnata Schltdl. & Cham. Change of family to Viburnaceae (2022), before it was Caprifoliaceae

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1983

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Plantas exóticas en las Islas Galápagos, un resumen. Memorias. Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 17-23.
  • 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/

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, Sambucus mexicana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=257. Accessed 20 May 2025.