Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galvezia leucantha subsp. pubescens
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Galvezia
Species
leucantha
Subspecies
subsp. pubescens
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Family changed from Scrophulariaceae to Plantaginaceae, order changed from Scrophulariales/Plantaginales to Lamiales (P. Jaramillo & J. Villalba, 2023).
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galvezia leucantha subsp. pubescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=748. Accessed 3 November 2026.