pacaya palm (Chamaedorea tepejilote)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Chamaedorea tepejilote
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.: Liebm.
Common names: pacaya palm
Names in other languages (6)
Ayar, Kiö́l, Pacaya, Pejibaye dulce, Siplina, 特佩希竹节椰
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).: Liliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Arecales
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).: Arecaceae
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.: Chamaedorea
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.: tepejilote
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Chamaedorea tepejilote
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 2026-10-12 18:07.

Photo of Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. — Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:07.

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: 3 of 3 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with ×

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 19 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:AAA2303 Notodontidae	is a host of	148	not compared
148 sources · 148 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA6723-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · Feb. 19, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA6724-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · Feb. 19, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA6725-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · Feb. 19, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA6726-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · Feb. 19, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB280-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Perdido · Oct. 16, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB281-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo · March 14, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB282-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Juntas · June 30, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB283-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon Rainforest, Sendero Juntas · June 29, 2003 · Material sample And 140 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.
BOLD:AAA2070 Hesperiidae	is a host of	148	not compared
148 sources · 148 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2941-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Vado Rio Cucaracho · July 18, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2946-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Juntas · May 22, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2953-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Amonias · May 23, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2956-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Carmona · Oct. 4, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2957-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Puente Palma · Aug. 13, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2961-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · Oct. 17, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2962-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Rio Nino · June 25, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA2967-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Tangelo · Aug. 3, 2016 · Material sample And 140 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.
BOLD:AAB0263 Hesperiidae	is a host of	57	not compared
57 sources · 57 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA3218-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Vado Rio Francia · Sept. 29, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA3231-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles · Sept. 29, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPAA3232-17 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Puente Palma · Oct. 7, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPDV1321-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Vado Rio Francia · Aug. 9, 2017 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPDV1334-18 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Monte Cristo · Dec. 16, 2016 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPEF5915-13 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Palo Alto · May 25, 2013 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPEF5918-13 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Brasilia, Moga · April 21, 2013 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=BLPEF5919-13 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Perdido · June 13, 2013 · Material sample And 49 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.
BOLD:AAA8766 Notodontidae	is a host of	25	not compared
25 sources · 25 records http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA066-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Corredor · Feb. 18, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA067-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Perdido · Jan. 23, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA069-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Corredor · Feb. 19, 2002 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANA070-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Corredor · March 24, 2003 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB605-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Finca San Gabriel · May 30, 2005 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB606-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Dos Rios, San Gabriel, Finca San Gabriel · Aug. 15, 2004 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANB607-05 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Dos Rios, San Gabriel, Finca San Gabriel · Aug. 16, 2004 · Material sample http://bins.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=MHANC531-06 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bold Context: Dos Rios, San Gabriel, Finca San Gabriel · Nov. 28, 2004 · Material sample And 17 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.

Showing 4 of 19, by number of studies See more of this type

is eaten by 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys desmarestianus Heteromyidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Zona, S. & Henderson, A. (1989) A review of animal mediated seed dispersal of palms. Selbyana, 11, 6-21. Online Update 2006 ((http://www.virtualherbarium.org/palms/psdispersal.html). Published in fgabriel1891/Palm-Frugivore_Interactions_Neo-Afrotropics 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.
Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus Ramphastidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177935214 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 22, 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.

Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

interacts with 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
Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri Pseudococcidae	interacts with	1	not compared
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): Fresno, Yosemite Nursery, 4019 N Blackstone Avenue · June 23, 1964 · Preserved specimen; Fresno, Yosemite Nursery, 4019 N Blackstone Avenue · June 23, 1964 · 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.

Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

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.