Galapagos Species Database

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

Centrolobium paraense Tul.

amarillo lagarto, amarillo de Guayaquil, guayacán del río, Canary wood

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Taxonomy

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

Introduction

Year of first record: 1986

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

References

  • Chavez, J. (1993) Diagnostico de la Agricultura y la Ganader¡a en la Provincia de Galapagos. Tesis.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, Archivos de Botanica.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
  • Pirie, M.D. Klitgaard, B.B. & Pennington, R.T. (2009) Revision and Biogeography of Centrolobium (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae). Syst. Bot. 34(2): 345-359.
  • 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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Centrolobium paraense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=506. Accessed 18 March 2025.