Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1923

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Potentially Invasive

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Pseudabutilon depauperatum (abrojo), Annona muricata (soursop), Abutilon viscosum (viscid mallow), Senna occidentalis (coffe senna), Euphorbia amplexicaulis (chamaesyce), Chiococca alba (west indian milkberry), Cocos nucifera (coconut palm), Conocarpus erectus (button mangrove), Varronia leucophlyctis (cordia), Cordia lutea (yellow cordia), Croton scouleri (Galapagos croton), Citrus sp., Cryptocarpus pyriformis (salt bush), Cucumis dipsaceus (hedgehog gourd), Euphorbia sp., Gossypium sp., Gossypium barbadense (sea island cotton), Gossypium darwinii (darwin´s cotton), Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (chinese hibiscus), Hibiscus tiliaceus (cuban bast), Hippomane mancinella (poison apple), Hyptis sp., Lantana peduncularis (Galapagos lantana), Mangifera indica (mango), Neptunia plena (water mimosa), Nerium oleander (oleander), Parkinsonia aculeata (jerusalem thorn), Passiflora quadrangularis (giant granadilla), Senega anderssonii (andersson's milkwort), Senega galapageia, Senega sancti-georgii var. oblanceolata, Dracaena trifasciata (mother in-law's tongue), Scalesia affinis (radiate-headed scalesia), Scalesia incisa (cut-leafed scalesia), Scutia spicata (thorn shrub), Sida paniculata (panicled sandmallow), Tiquilia darwinii, Tournefortia sp., Tournefortia rufosericea (rufous haired tournefortia), Vallesia pubescens, Waltheria ovata, Zanthoxylum fagara (cat's claw).

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

Distribution: Bartolome, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, South Plaza, Pinta, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, North Seymour.

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