Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Verbena townsendii Svenss.

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Lamiales

Family
Verbenaceae

Genus
Verbena

Species
townsendii

Taxon category: Accepted

In van der Werff (1977) as Verbena glabrata var. tenuispicata Moldenke; Jørgensen & León-Yánez (1999) Verbena stewartii Moldenke.

Origin: Endemic

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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

References

  • Hendrix, L.B. Smith, S.D. (1986) Post eruption revegetation of Isla Fernandina, Galapagos II. (NB no recs cited in Lawesson et al. nor in database.) Nat. Geograph. Research 2(1): 6-16.
  • Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
  • 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.
  • Moldenke, H.N. (1955) Notes on New and Noteworthy Plants. XX. Phytologia 5: 225-230
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Svenson, H.K. (1935) Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands). Am. J. Bot. 22: 208-277.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (1977) Vascular plants from the Galápagos Islands: new records and taxonomic notes. Bot. Notiser 130(1): 89-100.
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (1978) The vegetation of the Galapagos Islands. PhD thesis. Lakenman & Ochtman, Zierikzee.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Verbena townsendii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=842. Accessed 31 October 2026.