Broad-leaved Palm Lily (Cordyline fruticosa)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Cordyline fruticosa
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.) A.Chev.
Common names: Broad-leaved Palm Lily, Good Luck Plant, Pacific Island Cabbage Tree, Palm Lily, Ti Leaf, Ti Plant, Tiplant, broadleaf palm-lily, good-luck-plant, palm-lily, ti, tree-of-kings
Names in other languages (41)
Andong, Banderilla asiática, Cordyline, Dracena vermelha, Foulard, Hanjuang, Huyết dụ đỏ, Keulenlilie, Kordylina krzewiasta, Køllelilje, Sī, Tukud pari, bloddracena, caña de indio, coqueirinho-de-vênus, coqueiro-de-vênus, cordiline, croto, dracena-vermelha, dračinka křovitá, ki, kordylínka krovitá, maczużnia graniczna, papagaio, raiz-de-chá, rauti, tï ’autï, gautï, ti, rauti, verililjapuu, Épinard hawaïen, àuti, ti, òuti, àuti, ti, Кордилина кустарниковая, หมากผู้หมากเมีย, ဒယိုင်ဇြပ်, ᬳᬦ᭄ᬤᭀᬂ (andong), ’autï, tï, ’autī, センネンソウ, センネンボク, 朱蕉, 紅葉鐵樹
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).: Asparagales
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).: Asparagaceae
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.: Cordyline
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.: fruticosa
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Cordyline fruticosa
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 07:18.

Photo of Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. — Photo: Neal Kelso · 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 07:18.

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: 7 of 7 is a host of × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × is adjacent to × has its flowers visited by × is eaten by × interacts with × is pollinated 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 a host of 56 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
Phyllosticta sp.	is a host of	4	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
4 sources · 4 records Mathur, R.S.. 1979. The Coelomycetes of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Delhi, India. :460 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · no date published Raabe, R.D., Conners, I.L., and Martinez, A.P.. 1981. Checklist of plant diseases in Hawaii. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii. Information Text Series No. 22. Hawaii Inst. Trop. Agric. Human Resources :313 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Norse, D.. 1974. Plant Diseases in Barbados. Phytopathol. Pap. 18:1-38 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Barbados · no date published Huguenin, B.. 1966. Micromycetes de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Ser. Biol. 1:61-91 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: New Caledonia · 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.
Phyllostictina cordylines Phyllostictaceae	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 5 records Dingley, J.M., Fullerton, R.A., and McKenzie, E.H.C.. 1981. Survey of Agricultural Pests and Diseases. Technical Report Volume 2. Records of Fungi, Bacteria, Algae, and Angiosperms Pathogenic on Plants in Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Western Samoa. F.A.… Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Record contexts (sample): Tonga · no date published; Samoa · no date published https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=14808802 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Oahu, Manoa Valley · June 1, 1958 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=920526 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Oahu, Manoa Valley · June 1, 1958 · Preserved specimen Mathur, R.S.. 1979. The Coelomycetes of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Delhi, India. :460 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: India · 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.
Phyllosticta cordylinophila	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 4 records Kobayashi, T.. 2007. Index of fungi inhabiting woody plants in Japan. Host, Distribution and Literature. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku Kyokai Publishing Co., Ltd. :1227 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Japan · no date published Stevens, F.L.. 1925. Hawaiian Fungi. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 19:1-189 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Goos, R.D., and Gowing, D.P.. 1992. Type specimens of fungi maintained at herbarium pacificum, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.. Mycotaxon 43:177-198 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Nag Raj, T.R.. 1993. Coelomycetous anamorphs with appendage-bearing conidia. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo, Ontario :1-1101 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · 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.
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae	is a host of	4	no location
4 sources · 4 records Anonymous. 1960. Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 165:1-531 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Alfieri Jr., S.A., Langdon, K.R., Wehlburg, C., and Kimbrough, J.W.. 1984. Index of Plant Diseases in Florida (Revised). Florida Dept. Agric. and Consumer Serv., Div. Plant Ind. Bull. 11:1-389 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published Kobayashi, T.. 2007. Index of fungi inhabiting woody plants in Japan. Host, Distribution and Literature. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku Kyokai Publishing Co., Ltd. :1227 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Japan · no date published Norse, D.. 1974. Plant Diseases in Barbados. Phytopathol. Pap. 18:1-38 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: Barbados · 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 an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 10 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
Funneliformis halonatus Glomeraceae	is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://gi… Published in globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025 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.
Acaulospora spinosa Acaulosporaceae	is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://gi… Published in globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025 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.
Scutellospora pellucida	is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://gi… Published in globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025 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.
Acaulospora koskei Acaulosporaceae	is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://gi… Published in globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025 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 adjacent to 8 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
Frullania hypoleuca Jubulaceae	is adjacent to	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records 08d4afcf-475b-4fd6-855b-732c7c9e78f0 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountains: Tantalus; Manoa Cliffs Trail · July 19, 1977 · Preserved specimen 085551ba-f80c-4968-9e6f-86ed50468f2e Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus; exposed ridge · June 19, 1977 · Preserved specimen 790af4b4-f6dd-4f37-b6bc-8aa63776904f Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus; Manoa Cliffs Trail · June 19, 1977 · Preserved specimen f93fe055-550e-4220-b38c-a7238b961b4c Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus; Manoa Cliffs Trail · July 19, 1977 · Preserved specimen bd0d515f-6f87-40e3-9b29-e38f6855a26d Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus · July 2, 1977 · 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.
Acroporium fusco-flavum Sematophyllaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records 9f7d117c-a2ca-4743-bb72-afd9efba6d71 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Tantalus, Koolau Mtns · July 21, 1977 · Preserved specimen 64bfcb6e-f25f-4d64-82e9-dd3fc000ddd2 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Tantalus, Koolau Mtns · July 20, 1977 · 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.
Syrrhopodon semiliber Calymperaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records 4f16cf83-79d8-47fd-8383-49cd5b07b72e Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Manoa Cliff trail, Tantalus Mt · April 17, 1977 · Preserved specimen 8b5c48a2-8192-4c1f-8805-a50f63d8c172 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Manoa Cliff trail, Tantalus Mt · April 15, 1977 · 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.
Frullania meyeniana Jubulaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records f2f49ee6-a8fb-4c1d-9e0d-2f4ef135c282 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus; Manoa Cliffs Trail · June 19, 1977 · Preserved specimen b293e249-9fbf-4d25-91cb-337b61228451 Published in globalbioticinteractions/bpbm-ent Context: Koolau Mountain Range: Tantalus; exposed ridge · June 19, 1977 · 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 5 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	Actions
Hover Flies Syrphidae Syrphidae	has its flowers visited by	2	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
2 sources · 2 records Olesen, J. M., L. I. Eskildsen, and S. Venkatasamy. 2002. Invasion of pollination networks on oceanic islands: importance of invader complexes and endemic super generalists. Diversity and Distributions 8:181-192. Published in millerse/Plant-Pollinator-Web Context: Mauritian Ile aux Aigrettes · no date published Records of organisms other than plants having flower visitors are probably errors Published in globalbioticinteractions/refuted-biotic-interactions-by-eol 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.
Ornate Day Gecko Phelsuma ornata Gekkonidae	has its flowers visited by	2	no location
2 sources · 3 records Records of organisms other than plants having flower visitors are probably errors Published in globalbioticinteractions/refuted-biotic-interactions-by-eol Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published Olesen, J. M., L. I. Eskildsen, and S. Venkatasamy. 2002. Invasion of pollination networks on oceanic islands: importance of invader complexes and endemic super generalists. Diversity and Distributions 8:181-192. Published in millerse/Plant-Pollinator-Web Context: Mauritian Ile aux Aigrettes · 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.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	has its flowers visited by	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Olesen, J. M., L. I. Eskildsen, and S. Venkatasamy. 2002. Invasion of pollination networks on oceanic islands: importance of invader complexes and endemic super generalists. Diversity and Distributions 8:181-192. Published in millerse/Plant-Pollinator-Web Context: Mauritian Ile aux Aigrettes · no date published Records of organisms other than plants having flower visitors are probably errors Published in globalbioticinteractions/refuted-biotic-interactions-by-eol 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.
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Thraupidae	has its flowers visited by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Ollerton, J., Trunschke, J. ., Havens, K. ., Landaverde-González, P. ., Keller, A. ., Gilpin, A.-M. ., Rodrigo Rech, A. ., Baronio, G. J. ., Phillips, B. J., Mackin, C. ., Stanley, D. A., Treanore, E. ., Baker, E. ., Rotheray, E. L., Erickson, E. ., Fornoff, F. ., Brearley, F. Q… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ollerton2022 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 eaten by 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Litchi Lantern Bug Pyrops candelarius Fulgoridae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Hsu, M.-H., Yang, Y.-L., Wu, M.-L. & Wang, L.-J. (2021) Host plants of the immature stages of the invasive Longan lanternfly, <i>Pyrops candelaria</i> (L.) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in Taiwan. <i>Insects</i>, 12(1022), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111022 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 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.
Meadow Spittlebug Philaenus spumarius Aphrophoridae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Thompson, V., Harkin, C. & Stewart, A.J.A. (2023) The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, <i>Philaenus spumarius</i> (L.). <i>PLOS One</i>, 18(10), e0291734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291734 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 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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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
Hypoxylon investiens Hypoxylaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1403080 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mt. Maquiling · July 30, 1918 · 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.
Screw Pine Scale Pinnaspis strachani Diaspididae	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): Miami · no date published · Preserved specimen; Miami · no date published · 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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Pollination

is pollinated by 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, 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	Actions
Ornate Day Gecko Phelsuma ornata Gekkonidae	is pollinated by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Olesen, J.M., Eskildsen, L.I. & Venkatasamy, S. (2002). Div. Distr., 8:181-192. 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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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.