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Scalesia atractyloides var. atractyloides Arn.

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Pollen grain of Scalesia atractyloides var. atractyloides Arn. (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.
Pollen grain of Scalesia atractyloides var. atractyloides Arn. (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Scalesia

Species
atractyloides

Subspecies
var. atractyloides

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Endemic

Status

Critically endangered

References

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  • Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
  • Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
  • Mauchamp, A. Aldaz, I., Ortiz, E. & Valdebenito, H. (1998) Threatened species, a re-evaluation of status of eight endemic plants of the Galapagos. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 97-107.
  • Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
  • 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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  • Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
  • Jaramillo, P. (2000) Plantas amenazadas y medidas de conservación en varias islas del archipiélago. Informe Galápagos, 70-76 (Eds P. Ospina and E. Muñoz.). Quito-Ecuador: Fundación Natura y el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF).
  • Atkinson, R. Jaramillo, P., Simbaña, W., Guézou, A. & Coronel, V. (2008) Advances in the conservation of threatened plant species of Galápagos. Galápagos Report, 97-102 (Eds L. Cayot and V. Toral). Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
  • Jaramillo, P. Trigo, M. M. (2006) Pollen morphology of the Galapagos endemic genus Scalesia Arn. (Asteraceae). Noticias de Galápagos 64: 26-30.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Especies de plantas amenazadas y lugares prioritarios para la conservación de las plantas en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Taller de Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos

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"Galapagos Species Database, Scalesia atractyloides var. atractyloides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=340. Accessed 19 February 2025.