Florida trema (Trema micranthum)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Trema micranthum (L.) Blume
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Trema micranthum
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.) Blume
Common names: Florida trema, Jamaican Nettletree, Nettletree, capulin
Names in other languages (66)
Almez de flores pequenas, Anisillo, Bois de l'orme, Bois de scie, Bois de soie, Bwa lòm, Ti lòm, Cabrita, Capulín cimarrón, Cerezo, Coatidiba, Cuba, Grandiuva, Grandiúva, Guacima boba, Guacimilla, Guasimilla, Guasimilla cimarrona, Gurindiba, Ixpepe, Jamaican nettle tree (Jamaica), Jucó, Kaka, Kara baska, Linchama, Mahaut piment (Haiti), Majagua de Cuba, Mantili, Memiso, Memiso cimarron, Memiso de paloma (Dominican Republic), Memiso macho, Motamba, Niguito, Orindeúva, Orindiba, Orinduíba, Orme-petit feuilles, Palo de cabra (Puerto Rico), Palo pólvora, Pau-pólvora, Periquiteira, Petit orme (Lesser Antilles), Sagua (Cuba), Sapam, Sapán, Sapán de paloma, Seriúva, Shalipu, Shalipu muyu, Sui sëijë, Taleira, Uvita, Waska, bwa-lòm, bwa-ranmié, candiúba, coatindiva, pau-de-polvora, periquitinha, crindiúva, konolie, kunuliye, kulani’ɨ, kumiklan, kwanali’ɨ, maremi-etni, misobisobi, petit orme, yana caspi, 小花山黃麻
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).: Cannabaceae
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.: Trema
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.: micranthum
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Trema micranthum
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 2026-10-22 11:57.

Photo of Trema micranthum (L.) Blume — Photo: Josiah Londerée · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-22 11:57.

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: 8 of 8 is eaten by × is a host of × interacts with × has its flowers visited by × is adjacent to × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × is preyed upon by × 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.

is eaten by 74 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Cardinalidae	is eaten by	22	not compared
22 sources · 22 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202017008 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 10, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328105960 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 14, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329212742 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329212916 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333662200 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 4, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338793502 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 14, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340327568 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 12, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345785183 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 17, 2024 · Human observation And 14 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.
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Vireonidae	is eaten by	8	not compared
8 sources · 8 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343627640 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 25, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343812961 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345365591 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 29, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350643505 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 12, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358073427 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 3, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/363087675 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 5, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368352136 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 29, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61630728 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 3, 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.
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta Thraupidae	is eaten by	6	not compared
6 sources · 6 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338261430 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 11, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338717922 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 14, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342487861 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 25, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342489413 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 22, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386103628 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 28, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/391160413 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 10, 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.
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae	is eaten by	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records Pizo MA, NA. Unpublished data 3. Published in globalbioticinteractions/neofrugivory Context: Brazil · no date published Robinson V, 2015. Indice de importancia de diferentes especies de plantas na atracao de aves para uma area reflorestada em Piracicaba. Published in globalbioticinteractions/neofrugivory Context: Brazil · no date published Zimmerman CE, 2001. O uso da crindiúva, Trema micrantha Blume (Ulmaceae), na recuperação de áreas degradadas: o papel das aves que se alimentam dos seus frutos. Published in globalbioticinteractions/neofrugivory Context: Brazil · no date published Athie S, 2009. Composicao da avifauna e frugivoria por aves em um mosaico de vegetacao secundaria em Rio Claro, regiao Centro-Leste do Estado de Sao Paulo. Published in globalbioticinteractions/neofrugivory Context: Brazil · no date published Andreani DVM, Macedo M, Evangelista MM, AlmeidaSM, 2014. Aves como potenciais dispersoras de Trema micrantha (L.) Blume (Cannabaceae) em um fragmento florestal no estado de Mato Grosso. Published in globalbioticinteractions/neofrugivory Context: Brazil · 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 host of 26 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
88 Butterfly Diaethria clymena Nymphalidae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 5 records Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Record contexts (sample): Brazil · no date published; Neotropical · no date published BHL Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Context: no place published · no date published Wikipedia Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris 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.
Pseudocercospora kiagweensis Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1346030 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Miami Intercepted Miami Florida #004885 · Jan. 8, 1974 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1346033 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Hialeah Intercepted Miami Florida #22897 · Feb. 5, 1963 · 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.
Asterina sponiae Asterinaceae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1615815 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Royal Palm State Park, Dade Co. · March 5, 1944 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3588522 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Royal Palm State Park · March 5, 1944 · 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.
Capnodiastrum trematis Englerulaceae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=919632 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Santo Domingo City banks of Rio Ozama · Dec. 14, 1929 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1234184 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Santo Domingo, Banks of Rio Ozama · Dec. 1, 1929 · 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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interacts with 12 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
Florida Tussock Moth Halysidota cinctipes Erebidae	interacts with	38	not compared
38 sources · 41 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194756998 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Dec. 24, 2023 · Human observation; no place published · Dec. 24, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37604403 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Jan. 14, 2020 · Human observation; no place published · Jan. 14, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105032344 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 15, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105032349 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 15, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105241495 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 18, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207410029 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 15, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5059123 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 5, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331699164 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 22, 2025 · Human observation And 30 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.
Alconeura dorsalis Cicadellidae	interacts with	9	not compared
9 sources · 14 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126597924 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 13, 2022 · Human observation; no place published · July 13, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126597930 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 13, 2022 · Human observation; no place published · July 13, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147432848 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation; no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147432849 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation; no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147432850 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation; no place published · Jan. 23, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212494720 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 26, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334732954 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 14, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335377834 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 19, 2026 · Human observation And 1 more source, 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.
Anna’s 88 Diaethria anna Nymphalidae	interacts with	3	no location
3 sources · 4 records (Guérin-Méneville), Published in globalbioticinteractions/tamuic-ent Record contexts (sample): Mexico · no date published; Mexico · no date published https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64399969 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Gomez Farias · 0027-01-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64399983 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Gomez Farias · 0027-12-01T00:00:00Z · 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.
Adelpha melanthe	interacts with	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records (Bates), Published in globalbioticinteractions/tamuic-ent Context: Mexico · no date published https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64399965 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: NW Ciudad Mante, Gomez Farias · 0027-01-01T00:00:00Z · 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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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 2 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
Hyperaspis ornatella Coccinellidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140578398 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 30, 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.
Florida Carpenter Ant Camponotus floridanus Formicidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112628029 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 23, 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.

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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
Eotetranychus tremae Tetranychidae	is adjacent to	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:88997 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mcz Context: Coral Gables · May 22, 1956 · 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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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal 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.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Claroideoglomus Claroideoglomeraceae	is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record Medina, 2003. Interactions of arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi and Bacillus Strains and their effects on plant growth. microbial rhizosphere activity (thymidine and leucine incorporation) and fungal biomass (ergosterol and chitin). Applied Soil Ecology. doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.28 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycodb Context: lab · 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 preyed upon by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Jamaican Parakeet Eupsittula nana	is preyed upon by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69173303 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 7, 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.

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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
Ant-mimicking Treehopper Cyphonia clavata Membracidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38258136 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 2, 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.

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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	Actions
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.