Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sisyrinchium galapagense
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Liliales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Sisyrinchium
Species
galapagense
Taxon category: Accepted
Some earlier records unreliable due to possibility of confusion with S. micranthum
Origin: Endemic
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- 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.
- Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
- Ravenna, P. (1979) New species of Iridaceae from Galapagos and Colombia. Bot. Notiser 132: 436-466.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sisyrinchium galapagense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=993. Accessed 3 November 2026.