Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Alchornea latifolia
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.
Common names
achiotillo
Names in other languages (17)Chasparrio, Jobillo, Palo de cotorra, cabeza de mico, canelito, carne de caballo, gargantilla, hoja ancho, huampo, machete vaina, palo de puta, palo mujer, sapotillo, sarziella caspi, sarziello caspi, toxcata, xolimte
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).
Malpighiales
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).
Euphorbiaceae
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.
Alchornea
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.
latifolia
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Alchornea latifolia
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 05:35.
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Carlos Torrente · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Alexis López Hernández · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Daniel Mesa · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Alchornea latifolia Sw.
Photo: Alfredo Gutierrez Dipaz · 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 05:35.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 6 of 6 is eaten by × is dispersed by × is a mutualist of × is adjacent to × is a host of × interacts with ×

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is eaten by 167 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae is eaten by 5 no location
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Thraupidae is eaten by 4 not compared
Rufous-headed Tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla Thraupidae is eaten by 3 not compared
Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana Thraupidae is eaten by 3 no location
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is dispersed by 13 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
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Thraupidae is dispersed by 2 not compared
Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous Icteridae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus Mitrospingidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
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is a mutualist of 6 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Red-eyed Vireo (migratory Chivi) Vireo olivaceus chivi Vireonidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous Icteridae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon Thraupidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
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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
Olivea capituliformis Chaconiaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

is a host of 1 organism

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
Parodiopsis perae Parodiopsidaceae is a host of 1 no location
Showing 1 of 1, 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
Blue-frosted Banner Catonephele numilia Nymphalidae interacts with 3 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a