Galapagos Species Database

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

Elaphoglossum engelii (H. Karst.) H. Christ.

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Elaphoglossum engelii (H. Karst.) H. Christ. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.
Elaphoglossum engelii (H. Karst.) H. Christ. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Dryopteridales

Family
Dryopteridaceae

Genus
Elaphoglossum

Species
engelii

Taxon category: Accepted

In Stewart (1911) and Svenson (1938) as Elaphoglossum petiolatum pro parte, fide Wiggins & Porter (1971)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
  • Moran, R. (2016) Bolbitis occidentalis (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from the western side of the Andes of Ecuador Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx. 1-7.
  • Morton, C.V. (1957) Ferns of the Galápagos Islands. Leafl. West. Bot. 8(8): 188-195.
  • 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.
  • Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Elaphoglossum engelii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=55. Accessed 31 October 2026.