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Scalesia helleri subsp. santacruziana Harling

lechoso, bonsai de Galápagos

Pollen grain of Scalesia helleri ssp. santacruziana Harling (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.
Pollen grain of Scalesia helleri ssp. santacruziana Harling (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Scalesia

Species
helleri

Subspecies
subsp. santacruziana

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Taxon origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Eliasson, U. (1974) Studies in Galapagos Plants. XIV. The Genus Scalesia Arn. Opera Botanica 36: 1-117.
  • Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
  • 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.
  • Harling, G. (1962) On Some Compositae Endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Acta Horti Bergiani. 20(3): 63-119.
  • 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.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Especies de plantas amenazadas y lugares prioritarios para la conservación de las plantas en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Taller de Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scalesia helleri subsp. santacruziana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=349. Accessed 6 May 2024.