Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Centrolobium paraense
amarillo lagarto, amarillo de Guayaquil, guayacán del río, Canary wood
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Centrolobium
Species
paraense
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Centrolobium paraense var. orinocense Benth.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1986
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Chavez, J. (1993) Diagnostico de la Agricultura y la Ganader¡a en la Provincia de Galapagos. Tesis.
- 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
- Pirie, M.D. Klitgaard, B.B. & Pennington, R.T. (2009) Revision and Biogeography of Centrolobium (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. 34(2): 345-359.
- Prado, L. et al. (1995) Informes de salida al campo, abril y mayo de 1995, Isla Isabela, Investigacion agroforestal. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, Archivos de Botanica.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Centrolobium paraense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=506. Accessed 2 November 2026.