Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Croton scouleri var. scouleri
chala, mosquera
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.
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Personal observations Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
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- 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).
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- 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.