Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Cecropia peltata L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Cecropia peltata
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
Pumpwood, Trumpet tree, pop-a-gun, snakewood, trumpet-tree
Names in other languages (23)Bois Canon, Bois Canot, Imbauba, Llagrumo hembra, Parasolier, faux-ricin, pisse-roux, Trompetenbaum, Trumpet, Trumpet Bush, Trumpet Tree, Trumpet Wood, Trumpet Wood (Trinidad & Tobago); Grayumo hembra, Yagrumo hembra, bois cannon, bwa-kannon, embaúba, imbaúba, faux ricin, guarumo, papyrus géant, parasolier, pisse-roux, salasala, tapilen salasala, tuleke, snakewood tree, yagrumo
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).
Urticaceae
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.
Cecropia
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.
peltata
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Cecropia peltata
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 10:55.
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Lauren Bosch · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Dustin Minialoff · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Cecropia peltata L.
Photo: Lauren Bosch · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 10:55.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 11 of 11 is a host of × is eaten by × has as a vector × is dispersed by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is adjacent to × is visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is a parasite of × hasRoost × has as a parasite ×

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is a host of 137 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
Phyllachora cecropiae Phyllachoraceae is a host of 46 not compared
BOLD:AAA3661 Crambidae is a host of 33 not compared
Appendiculella tonkinensis Meliolaceae is a host of 19 not compared
BOLD:AAB3330 Hesperiidae is a host of 13 not compared
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is eaten by 108 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is eaten by 19 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is eaten by 15 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 11 not compared
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium Phyllostomidae is eaten by 9 not compared
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has as a vector 19 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
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae has as a vector 11 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 9 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 7 not compared
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium Phyllostomidae has as a vector 6 not compared
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is dispersed by 9 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 1 not compared
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
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interacts with 7 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
Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus Ramphastidae interacts with 2 not compared
Rigidoporus lineatus Meripilaceae interacts with 1 not compared
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae interacts with 1 no location
Poria pavonina Polyporaceae interacts with 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 4 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
Deer Mushrooms Pluteus Pluteaceae is adjacent to 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Phyllachora cecropiae Phyllachoraceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Phytoseius mexicanus Phytoseiidae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Appendiculella tonkinensis Meliolaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
Showing 4 of 4, by number of studies

is visited by 4 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
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is visited by 2 no location
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is visited by 2 no location
Fruit-Eating Bats Artibeus Phyllostomidae is visited by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is visited by 1 no location
Showing 4 of 4, by number of studies

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 Actions
Jacaranda copaia Bignoniaceae interacts with 1 not compared
Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus Ramphastidae interacts with 1 not compared
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is a parasite of 2 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
BOLD:AAA0090 Depressariidae is a parasite of 2 not compared
BOLD:AAA0178 Gelechiidae is a parasite of 1 not compared
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

hasRoost 1 organism

No sanctioned reading for this term yet: it is shown exactly as the source publishes it.

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
Rhynchonycteris naso Emballonuridae hasRoost 2 no location
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has as a parasite 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Horismenus elanus Eulophidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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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.