Galapagos Species Database

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Scutia spicata var. pauciflora (Hook. f.) M.C. Johnst.

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Scutia spicata var. pauciflora (Hook. f.) M.C. Johnst., Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Photo: Ruben Heleno, CDF, 2011.
Scutia spicata var. pauciflora (Hook. f.) M.C. Johnst., Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Photo: Ruben Heleno, CDF, 2011.

A shrub with green trunks and branches and large spines. The flowers are tiny; the fruit are round black berries.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Euphorbiales

Family
Rhamnaceae

Genus
Scutia

Species
spicata

Subspecies
var. pauciflora

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Scutia pauciflora (Hook. f.) Weberb.

Taxon origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Abbott, I. Abbott, L.K. (1973) New distribution records of 65 plant species within the Galapagos Archipelago. Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), unpublished.
  • Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
  • Atkinson, R. Guézou, A. & Jaramillo, P. (2009) Siémbrame en tu jardín - Plantas nativas para jardines en Galápagos. Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, 151 pp.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • 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.
  • McMullen, C.K. (1987) Biologia reproductiva de las Angiospermas de las Islas Galapágos. Pg. 39 - 52. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botànica y manejo en galapágos.
  • Johnston, M. C. (1974) Revision of Scutia (Rhamnaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 101(2): 64-72.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scutia spicata var. pauciflora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=696. Accessed 20 April 2024.