Plumeria rubra (Templetree)

4/4/2025 · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

4/4/2025 · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · By Heather Kent

4/4/2025 · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Gentianales	Gentians, coffee, gardenias, frangipani, many others
Family	Apocynaceae	Dogbane family
Genus	Plumeria	For 17th century botanist Charles Plumier
Species	rubra	From the Latin ruber or rubra meaning “red”