Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Herpothallon sanguineum, Chiodecton sanguineum and C. rubrocinctum, fide Aptroot et al. (2009)

Origin: Native

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

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