American Coral Tree (Erythrina americana)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Erythrina americana Mill.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Erythrina americana
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.: Mill.
Common names: American Coral Tree, Naked Coral Tree, Nuted Coral Tree
Names in other languages (14)
Colorín, Frijolillo, Gasparito, Gasparitos, Iquimite, Mexikanischer Korallenbaum, Pega en Rama, Sompacle, Yág-ptûots, koralník americký, parencsuni, xoyo, Эритрина американская, 美洲刺桐
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).: Fabales
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).: Fabaceae
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.: Erythrina
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.: americana
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Erythrina americana
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.: Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 13:38.

Photo of Erythrina americana Mill. — Photo: Peter Quakenbush · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 13:38.

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 has its flowers visited by × is eaten by × interacts with × is a host of × has as a parasite × is visited by ×

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.

Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 13 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
Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina Trochilidae	has its flowers visited by	14	not compared
14 sources · 14 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205097537 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 20, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/211170109 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 24, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109980558 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109980567 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112734545 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 24, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115799706 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 4, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156356484 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 23, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156669363 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 15, 2023 · Human observation And 6 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. 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.
Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris Trochilidae	has its flowers visited by	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109980563 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14585233 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 2, 2014 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351008518 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 2, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70002040 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 21, 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.
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula Thraupidae	has its flowers visited by	4	not compared
4 sources · 4 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109980559 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334508700 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 4, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155253021 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 17, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67329825 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 30, 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.
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus Icteridae	has its flowers visited by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206006948 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269563618 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 26, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272366502 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 23, 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.

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is eaten by 8 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Bilimekia broomfieldi Membracidae	is eaten by	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Hinton, H.E. (1977a) Subsocial behavior and biology of some Mexican membracid bugs. <i>Ecological Entomology</i>, 2, 61–79. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published @article{24682, author = {Hinton, Howard E.}, journal = {Ecological Entomology}, pages = {61-79}, title = {Subsocial behavior and biology of some Mexican membracid bugs.}, volume = {2}, year = {1977}, year_suffix = {a}, issn = {0307-6946} } 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.
Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii Trochilidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20892531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 27, 2019 · 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.
Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer Trochilidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6452597 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 1, 2017 · 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-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix Psittacidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355908769 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 9, 2026 · 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 6 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	Actions
Giant coral tree scale Toumeyella erythrinae Coccidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140533735 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 30, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156720891 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 19, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195785568 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 21, 2023 · 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.
Ball moss Tillandsia recurvata Bromeliaceae	interacts with	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7754983 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 2, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26616881 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 8, 2019 · 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.
Schaus' Tussock Moth Halysidota schausi Erebidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139429473 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 20, 2022 · 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.
Fire Millipedes Aphis Aphididae	interacts with	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 2 records Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115 Published in globalbioticinteractions/arthropodEasyCaptureAMNH Record contexts (sample): Arcadia · March 23, 1966 · Preserved specimen; Arcadia · March 23, 1966 · LabelObservation 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 a host of 5 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	Actions
meldugg Erysiphe Erysiphaceae	is a host of	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record Amano, K. (Hirata). 1986. Host range and geographical distribution of the powdery mildew fungi. Japan Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo :741 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mexico · 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.
Phyllactinia erythrinae-americanae Erysiphaceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Braun, U., and Yanez-Morales, M.J.. 2009. %Phyllactinia% and %Ovulariopsis% species on legumes. Mycotaxon 109:145-160 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mexico · 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.
Soybean rust Phakopsora meibomiae Phakopsoraceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Ono, Y., Buritica, P., and Hennen, J.F.. 1992. Delimitation of %Phakopsora%, %Physopella% and %Cerotelium% and their species on Leguminosae. Mycol. Res. 96:825-850 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mexico · 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.
Phyllactinia sp. Erysiphaceae	is a host of	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
1 source · 1 record Amano, K. (Hirata). 1986. Host range and geographical distribution of the powdery mildew fungi. Japan Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo :741 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Mexico · 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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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
Cladocolea loniceroides Loranthaceae	has as a parasite	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200858885 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 28, 2024 · 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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is visited by 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
Spotless Lady Beetles Cycloneda Coccinellidae	is visited by	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197152719 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 9, 2024 · 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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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

This agronomic reading comes from a source reserved for internal use, so it is not shown here.

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.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states	Claim type	Context	Source
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje	Recommendation of a guideRecommended	coffee · Veracruz, México	Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
1 source · 2 records Flores-Ortiz et al. 2025 Record contexts (sample): coffee · Veracruz, México; coffee · Veracruz, México A guide's recommendation, in its own context. It is not a measurement and does not carry over to another crop or region.
Árbol con valoración local	Documented useAsserted	coffee · Veracruz, México	Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
1 source · 1 record Flores-Ortiz et al. 2025 Context: coffee · Veracruz, México A documented use says what the source records this species is used for, in that context. It is not a measurement and does not carry over to another crop or region.