Galapagos Species Database

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

Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f.

Pollen grain of Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f. (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.
Pollen grain of Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f. (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Dalea

Species
tenuicaulis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dalea parvifolia Hook. f., Parosela parvifolia (Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr., P. tenuicaulis (Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr., fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Endemic

Status

Near threatened

References

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  • Andersson, N.J. (1861-1862) Ueber Die Vegetation der Galapagos-Inseln Linnaea 31: 571-631
  • Barneby, R.C. (1977) Daleae Imagines—An illustrated revision of Errazurizia Philippi, Psorothamnus Rydberg, Marina Liebmann, and Dalea Lucanus emend. Barneby, including all species of Leguminosae tribe Amorpheae Borissova ever referred to Dalea. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 1–891.
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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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"Galapagos Species Database, Dalea tenuicaulis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=513. Accessed 3 April 2026.