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This is a list of endemic vascular plants of the Galápagos Islands, which are politically part of Ecuador. The islands are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of plants, including endemic genera Brachycereus, Jasminocereus, Scalesia, Sicyocaulis, and Trigonopterum. [1] Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.
There are over 1,300 invasive species in the Galápagos Islands, consisting of over 500 insects, over 750 plants and over 30 vertebrates. Most of the plants were brought for agricultural and aesthetic reasons. Due to their isolation, the Galápagos Islands are highly susceptible to invasive species, but the biodiversity of the islands make them ...
This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, in which the Galápagos Islands are treated as distinct from Ecuador, despite being a part of it in political geography. Thus this category is not a subcategory of Category:Flora of Ecuador.
English: Drawings an descriptions of plants common on Galapagos. Complete scan of the book " Galapagos plants " by Klaus Schönitzer (Contribution No. 172 of the Charles Darwin Foundation; printed in Quito, Ecuador; 50 pages) Scanned by Michael F. Schönitzer .
Flowering in May. Sesuvium edmonstonei is a low-growing perennial plant. The stems, which are fleshy and covered with scales, are sometimes woody at the base. The succulent leaves are oblanceolate and grow in opposite pairs; they are simple, entire and up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long.
Nolana galapagensis, is a species of flowering plant in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family. [1] It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. [2] [3] [4] Description.
There are over 700 introduced plant species today. There are only 500 native and endemic species. This difference is creating a major problem for the islands and the natural species that inhabit them. These plants have invaded large areas and eliminated endemic species in the humid zones of San Cristobal, Floreana, Isabela and Santa Cruz.
Scalesia pedunculata is a flowering plant species in the family Asteraceae, growing to a slender tree (20m tall, DBH 20 cm), and found in dense stands on the humid windward coasts of the islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, Santiago and Floreana in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos archipelago lies in the southeast trade wind zone, so that ...