Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plantago galapagensis
llantén
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Plantaginales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Plantago
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Plantago paralias var. pumila, P. tomentosa var. pumila, fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Plantago galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=668. Accessed 30 October 2026.