Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plumbago coerulea
plumbago
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Plumbaginaceae
Genus
Plumbago
Species
coerulea
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
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- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Plumbago coerulea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=670. Accessed 31 October 2026.