Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Jatropha gossypiifolia
coquito, higuereta cimarrona, piñón negro, bellyache bush, cotton leaf
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Euphorbiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Jatropha
Species
gossypiifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Adenoropium elegans Pohl
Taxon origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Year of first record: 2003
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276