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Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (Rob. & Greenm.) Cronquist & Stuessy

straight spined lecocarpus

Pollen grain of Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) Cronquist & Stuessy (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.
Pollen grain of Lecocarpus lecocarpoides (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) Cronquist & Stuessy (scanning electron micrograph). Photo: Patricia Jaramillo Díaz & M. Mar Trigo, CDF, 2011.

Plants tall, freely branched upward and flower with glandular-hispidulous trichomes, fruit that have one several or variably developed spines around the prominent apical rim very similar to L. darwinii.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Lecocarpus

Species
lecocarpoides

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acanthospermum lecocarpoides (Rob. & Greenm.) fide Royal

Taxon origin: Endemic

Status

Endangered

Distribution

Distribution: Species restricted to Española Island and four of its islets. The population on this island has not increased since goat eradication. Remains free of threats on the islets, but all populations show fluctuations.

References

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  • Adsersen, H. (1987) Patrones de distribución interna de las plantas vasculares en Galápagos. Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.74-87
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