Galapagos Species Database

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

Croton scouleri var. scouleri Hook. f.

chala, mosquera

Croton scouleri var. scouleri Hook. f. Photo: Patricia Jaramillo, Rachel Atkinson, Anne Guézou, CDF, 2008.
Croton scouleri var. scouleri Hook. f. Photo: Patricia Jaramillo, Rachel Atkinson, Anne Guézou, CDF, 2008.

A woody shrub or small tree. The tiny white flowers are grouped in vertical spikes, and have a distinct form depending on if they are male or female.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Euphorbiales

Family
Euphorbiaceae

Genus
Croton

Species
scouleri

Subspecies
var. scouleri

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Croton albescens Andersson, C. macraei Hook. f., C. scouleri f. macraei (Hook.f.) Webster, C. scouleri f. microphyllus Muell. Arg., C. scouleri var. albescens (Andersson) Müll.Arg., C. scouleri var. castellanus Svenson, C. scouleri var. glabriusculus, C. scouleri var. macraei (Hook.f.) Müll.Arg. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Endemic

Status

Least concern

Distribution

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

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Personal observations Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
  • Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Atkinson, R. Guézou, A. & Jaramillo, P. (2009) Siémbrame en tu jardín - Plantas nativas para jardines en Galápagos. Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, 151 pp.
  • 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).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Webster, G.L. (1970) Notes on Galápagos Euphorbiaceae. Madroño 20(5): 257-263.
  • Christophersen, E. (1932) A Collection of Plants from the Galápagos Islands. Nyt Mag. Naturvidenskaberne 70: 67-95.
  • 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.
  • McMullen, C.K. (1987) Biologia reproductiva de las Angiospermas de las Islas Galapágos. Pg. 39 - 52. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botànica y manejo en galapágos.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Croton scouleri var. scouleri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=442. Accessed 22 November 2024.