Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dichondra microcalyx
oreja de ratón, dicondra, orejita de ratón
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Dichondra
Species
microcalyx
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dichondra repens Forst., D. repens var. microcalyx fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Austin, D.F. (1982) 165. Convolvulaceae. In: G. Harling & B. Sparre (Eds). Fl. Ecuador 15: 1–98.
- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dichondra microcalyx", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=370. Accessed 9 April 2026.