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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Flowering Plants

Calandrinia galapagosa

Calandrinia galapagosa

© Patricia Jaramillo
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Magnoliophyta are also called angiosperms or flowering plants. They can be distinguished from other seed plants because of their flowers composed of sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.
Angiosperms can be divided into the following general groups:

The angiosperms include approximately 257,000 extant species, which represents almost 90% of all known terrestrial plants.
This group encompasses an enormous morphological diversity (e.g., herbs, shrubs, trees, vines), they occupy almost all ecological niches in terrestrial environments, quite a few species are also well adapted to aquatic ecosystems. Their highest diversity is found in the humid tropics, where they dominate the landscape.
Many species of angiosperms are economically very important as they represent the major part of foods consumed by humans, and are used in many plant-derived products.


Authors: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz, Anne Guézou, André Mauchamp, Alan Tye.

Other Contributors: Henning Adsersen, Ivan Aldáz, Chris Buddenhagen, Baltasar Cabezudo, Susana Chamorro, César Gómez-Campos †, Jacinto Gordillo, Ana Mireya Guerrero, Ole Hamman, Syuzo Itow, Heinke Jäger, Jonas E. Lawesson, Simon Lægaard, Conley McMullen, Duncan M. Porter, Paola Pozo, Alan Stewart, Maria M. Trigo, Alan Tye, Daniel Weber, Ira L. Wiggins.

Names of taxa included: 1313 total (1295 accepted, 6 unidentified taxon, 12 doubtful), 21 rejected.

Origin of the taxa included: 94 accidental, 534 cultivated, 2 eradicated, 146 escaped, 35 questionable accidental, 54 questionable native, 228 endemic, 217 indigenous, 5 questionable endemic, 1 resident.

Magnoliophyta Species Checklist

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Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Plantae

Division Magnoliophyta

Class Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order Alismatales

Order Arales

Order Arecales

Order Asparagales

Order Bromeliales

Order Commelinales

Order Cyclantales

Order Cyperales

Order Dioscoreales

Order Liliales

Order Najadales

Order Orchidales

Order Pandanales

Order Zingiberales

Class Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order Apiales

Order Aristolochiales

Order Asterales

Order Callitrichales

Order Campanulales

Order Capparales

Order Caryophyllales

Order Celastrales

Order Dilleniales

Order Dipsacales

Order Ebenales

Order Ericales

Order Euphorbiales

Order Fabales

Order Fagales

Order Gentianales

Order Geraniales

Order Juglandales

Order Lamiales

Order Laurales

Order Linales

Order Magnoliales

Order Malpighiales

Order Malvales

Order Myrtales

Order Nymphaeales

Order Papaverales

Order Piperales

Order Plantaginales

Order Polygalales

Order Polygonales

Order Proteales

Order Ranunculales

Order Rhamnales

Order Rhizophorales

Order Rosales

Order Santalales

Order Santales

Order Sapindales

Order Scrophulariales

Order Solanales

Order Theales

Order Urticales

Order Violales

Rejected Species

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This list should be cited as follows:

Jaramillo Díaz, P., Guézou, A., Mauchamp, A., Tye, A. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Flowering Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas con flores de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/magnoliophyta/ Last updated 13 Apr 2011.