Soldierwood (Colubrina elliptica)

Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Colubrina elliptica (Sw.) Brizicky & W.L.Stern
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Colubrina elliptica
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: (Sw.) Brizicky & W.L.Stern
Common names: Soldierwood
Names in other languages (7)
Mabi, Bwa mabi, Nakedwood, Smooth Snake-bark, amole, bois mabi, mabi, soldatträd
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Rosales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Colubrina
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: elliptica
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Colubrina elliptica
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not available.

No photos have been requested for this species yet.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 6 of 6 is a host of × has its flowers visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is adjacent to × has as a parasite ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
BOLD:AAA7794 Notodontidae	is a host of	6	not compared
6 sources · 6 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF576-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · Aug. 25, 2006 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF577-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · Aug. 18, 2006 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF579-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · Aug. 1, 2006 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF580-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · Aug. 25, 2006 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF581-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · Aug. 26, 2006 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHMXF582-07 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre · July 10, 2006 · Material sample A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Dictyopeltis colubrina Micropeltidaceae	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 5 records Stevenson, J.A.. 1975. Fungi of Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands. Contr. Reed Herb. 23:743 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Virgin Islands · no date published; Puerto Rico · no date published Cash, E.K.. 1952. A record of the fungi named by J.B. Ellis (Part 1). U.S.D.A. Special Publ. 2:1-165 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: West Indies · no date published Spaulding, P.. 1961. Foreign Diseases of Forest Trees of the World. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 197:1-361 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Virgin Islands · no date published Batista, A.C.. 1959. Monografia dos fungos Micropeltaceae. Universidade do Recife, Inst. Micologia. :519 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Amerosporium colubrinae Sclerotiniaceae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1258066 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Haina, Santo Domingo Prov. · June 27, 1925 · Preserved specimen Farr, David F.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Castlebury, Lisa A. (2021). United States National Fungus Collections Fungus-Host Dataset. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1524414. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host/archive/47a3882c0c536… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Amerosporium colubrinae	is a host of	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Ciferri, R.. 1961. Mycoflora Domingensis Integrata.. Quaderno 19:1-539 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published Ciferri, R.. 1929. Micoflora Domingensis. Lista de los hongos hasta la fecha indicados en Santo Domingo. Ser. B, Bot. Estac. Agron. Moca 14:1-260 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Dominican Republic · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 7 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Obscure Rover Ant Brachymyrmex obscurior Formicidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314983627 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 18, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61249012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 29, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium Sphecidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15200858 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 7, 2018 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Sphex dorsalis Sphecidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15202761 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 7, 2018 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Liriomyza schmidti Agromyzidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113122605 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114314103 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 1, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90947762 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 12, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Euplectrus markshawi	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Hansson, C., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. (2015) Integrative taxonomy of New World <i>Euplectrus</i> Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. <i>ZooKeys</i>, 485, 1–236. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:124661 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Euplectrus markshawi Eulophidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record @article{69104, author = {Hansson, C. and Smith, M.A. and Janzen, D.H. and Hallwachs, W}, booktitle = {ZooKeys}, journal = {ZooKeys}, month = {mar}, day = {10}, pages = {1-236}, title = {Integrative taxonomy of New World <i>Euplectrus</i> Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eul… Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Basketwood Serjania polyphylla Sapindaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1022084 Published in globalbioticinteractions/neon-biorepo Context: Atlantic Neotropical (D04), Guanica Forest NEON (GUAN), Guanica Dry Forest Lluveras trail. Guanica, Puerto Rico · Dec. 1, 2022 · Preserved … A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Yellow Balsam Croton flavens Euphorbiaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1022084 Published in globalbioticinteractions/neon-biorepo Context: Atlantic Neotropical (D04), Guanica Forest NEON (GUAN), Guanica Dry Forest Lluveras trail. Guanica, Puerto Rico · Dec. 1, 2022 · Preserved … A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Boxwood Schaefferia frutescens Celastraceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1022084 Published in globalbioticinteractions/neon-biorepo Context: Atlantic Neotropical (D04), Guanica Forest NEON (GUAN), Guanica Dry Forest Lluveras trail. Guanica, Puerto Rico · Dec. 1, 2022 · Preserved … A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Dictyopeltis colubrina Micropeltidaceae	is adjacent to	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record 2ebc2a08-1d2a-4c26-ad19-bba9442e2474 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fmnh Context: no place published · April 13, 1896 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Euplectrus markshawi Eulophidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record HanssoSmJa2015 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.