Jon Crow bush, Parrot weed (Bocconia frutescens)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Bocconia frutescens L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Bocconia frutescens
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.: L.
Common names: Jon Crow bush, Parrot weed, Tree poppy, parrotweed, plume poppy, plume-poppy, sea oxeye daisy, tree celandine
Names in other languages (28)
Bocconie arbustive, Grande chélidoine, Bois codine, Celandine, Chichálítö, Enguambo (Región del Bajío), Gordolobo, Grande Chélidoine, Guacamaya, Guacamayo, Krūminis aguonmedis, Llora sangre, Mexikanischer Baummohn, Palo de pan cimarron, Panilla, Papagayo, Papegaaikruid, Parrot weed, Trompeto, bokkonia krzewiasta, bokónia kríčkovitá, calderón, cojojehuite, contsitslats (totonaco), cuatlatlaya, cuauchichili, inguande, Боккония кустарниковая, gualichi, guachile
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).: Ranunculales
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).: Papaveraceae
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.: Bocconia
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.: frutescens
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Bocconia frutescens
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 2026-10-13 10:52.

Photo of Bocconia frutescens L. — Photo: Hank Raizen · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 10:52.

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 eaten by × is a host of × interacts with × co-occurs ecologically with × is dispersed by × is a mutualist of ×

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 eaten by 122 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii Tyrannidae	is eaten by	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records M_SD_019 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published Palacios 2016 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Colombia · no date published https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347807452 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 17, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348067844 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 17, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348277317 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 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.
Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus Tyrannidae	is eaten by	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records M_SD_019 Published in globalbioticinteractions/fricke2020 Context: Costa Rica · no date published https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329857926 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 20, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329858405 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 29, 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.
Ennya pacifica Membracidae	is eaten by	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Flynn, D.J. (2024) Updated checklist of treehoppers of Panama (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with plant associations. <i>Zootaxa</i>, 5415(1), 1–55. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.1 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published @article{212255, author = {Flynn, Dawn J.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, month = {feb}, day = {20}, number = {1}, pages = {1-55}, publisher = {Magnolia Press}, title = {Updated checklist of treehoppers of Panama (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with plant associations}, volume… 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.
Yellow-winged Vireo Vireo carmioli Vireonidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348065820 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348518183 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 17, 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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is a host of 7 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
Coleosporium bocconiae Coleosporiaceae	is a host of	8	not compared
8 sources · 9 records Kern, F.D., Thurston Jr., H.W., and Whetzel, H.H.. 1933. Annotated index of the rusts of Colombia. Mycologia 25:448-503 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Colombia · no date published; Colombia · no date published https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1814266 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Central Andes, Antioquia Department, near du Rio Amoga an-dessus de Cafetal, La Camelia near Angelopolis · Aug. 26, 1910 · Preserved specim… https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1818581 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Andes Centralis, Antioguia Department, Entre Santa Barbara and le Cauca, near Aubergle.El Cairo · Sept. 26, 1910 · Preserved specimen Dennis, R.W.G.. 1970. Kew Bulletin Additional Series III. Fungus Flora of Venezuela and Adjacent Countries.. Verlag von J. Cramer :531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Chardon, C.e., and Toro, R.A.. 1930. Mycological explorations of Colombia. J. Dept. Agric. Porto Rico 14:195-369 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Buritica, P., and Pardo Cardona, V.M.. 1996. Flora Uredineana Colombiana. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 20:183-236 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Pardo Cardona, V.M.. 1994. Indice comentado de las royas (Fungi, Uredinales) del departamento de Antioquia, Colombia, S.A.. Revista del I.C.N.E. 5:99-172 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Pardo Cardona, V.M.. 1998. Distribucion de las especies colombianas de Uredinales segun los grupos taxonomicos de sus hospederos. Rev. Fac. Nal. Agr. Medellin 51:285-319 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · 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.
Passalora bocconiae Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	8	not compared
8 sources · 8 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1337655 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Intercepted Brownsville Texas #69541 · March 31, 1950 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1337656 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Usaguen · Oct. 3, 1939 · Preserved specimen Crous, P.W., and Braun, U.. 2003. %Mycosphaerella% and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in %Cercospora% and %Passalora%. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht :571 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · no date published Dennis, R.W.G.. 1970. Kew Bulletin Additional Series III. Fungus Flora of Venezuela and Adjacent Countries.. Verlag von J. Cramer :531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · no date published Chupp, C.. 1954. Monograph of the fungus genus %Cercospora%. Published by the Author, Ithaca, New York :667 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · no date published Braun, U., Crous, P.W., and Pons, N.. 2002. Annoted list of %Cercospora% species (epithets a-b) described by C. Chupp. Feddes Repert. 113:112-127 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · no date published Chardon, C.e., and Toro, R.A.. 1934. Mycological Explorations of Venezuela.. Monogr. Univ. Puerto Rico, B 2:1-351 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · no date published Braun, U., and Crous, P.W.. 2007. The diversity of cercosporoid hyphomycetes - new species, combinations, names and nomenclatural clarifications. Fung. Diversity 26:55-72 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Venezuela · 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.
Aecidium bocconiae Pucciniaceae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Dennis, R.W.G.. 1970. Kew Bulletin Additional Series III. Fungus Flora of Venezuela and Adjacent Countries.. Verlag von J. Cramer :531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Buritica, P., and Pardo Cardona, V.M.. 1996. Flora Uredineana Colombiana. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 20:183-236 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · no date published Pardo Cardona, V.M.. 1998. Distribucion de las especies colombianas de Uredinales segun los grupos taxonomicos de sus hospederos. Rev. Fac. Nal. Agr. Medellin 51:285-319 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Colombia · 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.
Peronospora bocconiae Peronosporaceae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records 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: Ecuador · no date published Constantinescu, O.. 1991. An annotated list of %Peronospora% names.. Thunbergia 15:1-110 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Ecuador · no date published Dennis, R.W.G.. 1970. Kew Bulletin Additional Series III. Fungus Flora of Venezuela and Adjacent Countries.. Verlag von J. Cramer :531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Ecuador · 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 2 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
Ennya sobria Membracidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323015281 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 25, 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.
Bemisia centroamericana Aleyrodidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 8 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): Las Cuevas Research Station · Nov. 6, 1994 · Preserved specimen; Las Cuevas Research Station · Nov. 6, 1994 · 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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co-occurs ecologically 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
Ennya sobria Membracidae	co-occurs ecologically with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Arias, M. (2019) Algunas anotaciones sobre la biología de las espinitas (Hemiptera: Membracidae Rafinesque, 1815) del sendero principal de la Quebrada La Vieja. Trabajo de grado pregrado, Universidad Pedagógica de Colombia. Colombia: Bogotá DC. Published in globalbioticinteractions/delrisco2021 Context: Bogotá, Colombia · 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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is dispersed 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
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Trogonidae	is dispersed by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Wheelwright, N.T., Haber, W.A., Murray, K.G., Guindon, C. 1984. Tropical fruit-eating birds and their food plants: a survey of a Costa Rican lower montane forest. Biotropica, 16: 173-192. Published in globalbioticinteractions/web-of-life 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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is a mutualist of 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Trogonidae	is a mutualist of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record @article{Wheelwright_1984,doi = {10.2307/2388051},url = {https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2388051},year = 1984,month = {sep},publisher = {{JSTOR}},volume = {16},number = {3},pages = {173},author = {Nathaniel T. Wheelwright and William A. Haber and K. Greg Murray and Carlos Guindon},tit… Published in globalbioticinteractions/mangal Context: no place published · Jan. 1, 1978 · field observations 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.

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«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

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