Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echinochloa colonum
arrocillo silvestre, zacate pinto, zacate rayado, Jungle-rice, watergrass, millet rice, awnless barnyard grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Echinochloa
Species
colonum
Taxon category: Accepted
Also as Echinochloa colona (Fl. Gal., 1971). Syn.: Panicum colonum L.; Oplismenus colonus (L.) Kunth, fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Itow (1997) as Echinochloa colonum.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1835
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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- Hitchcock, A.S. (1936) Man. Grasses W. Ind. 1–439.
- Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
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- Jaramillo, P. (1999) Impact of Human Activities on the Native Plant Life in Galapagos National Park. Galapagos Report, 50-55 (Eds P. Ospina and E. Muñóz.). Quito-Ecuador: Fundación Natura and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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- Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
- Zuloaga, F.O. (1997) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74 (2 parts).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echinochloa colonum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=938. Accessed 31 October 2026.