Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calceolaria mexicana
capachito, calceonária-mexicana, pocketbook-flower , pouch flowe, slipper-flower
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Calceolaria
Species
mexicana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calceolaria palustris Sodiro ex Kraenzl.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1979
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
- Hamann, O. (1979) Taxonomic and floristic notes from the Galapagos Island. Bot. Notiser 132: 435-440.
- Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, P.K. & Cronquist, A. (2005) Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. Intermount. Fl. 2(B): 1–488.
- 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.
- Molau, U. (1988) Scrophulariaceae. Part I. Calceolarieae. Fl. Neotrop. 47: 1–326.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calceolaria mexicana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=744. Accessed 3 November 2026.