Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Smallanthus sonchifolius
jicapa, yacón, llacuma, yacon
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Smallanthus
Species
sonchifolius
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
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.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Smallanthus sonchifolius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=333. Accessed 1 May 2026.