Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Hamelia patens Jacq.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Hamelia patens
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.
Jacq.
Common names
Firebush, Mexican Firecracker, Scarletbush, redhead
Names in other languages (31)Amélia, Anavaco, Ashiluna muyu, Buzunuco, Cafetillo, Coralillo, Cuseje’cho, Deshierba conuco, Fosforillo, Jimiájimias, Llaga panka, Mariposa panka, Ongay, Tisiku panka, Tuta pishku panka, Uvero, Vuurbos, Wipenimo, Yana muyu, Zorrillo real, chac-loc, hamélia odstávajúca, kolibrintulipensas, mato-de-oreção, trompetilla, valmoura, Гамелия отклоненная, המליה מבודרת, ประทัดไต้หวัน, 醉嬌花, 長隔木 (希美利)
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).
Gentianales
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).
Rubiaceae
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.
Hamelia
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.
patens
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Hamelia patens
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 10:53.
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: kristen_276 · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: sblumen · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: Barbara Kay · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: kristen_276 · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: sblumen · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hamelia patens Jacq.
Photo: sblumen · 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 10:53.

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: 12 of 13 is eaten by × has its flowers visited by × is visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is a host of × is pollinated by × is dispersed by × is adjacent to × has as a vector × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is a mutualist of × is preyed upon by × 1 more type with data for this species

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 166 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona Pieridae is eaten by 33 not compared
Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata Apidae is eaten by 18 not compared
Common Mormon Papilio polytes Papilionidae is eaten by 15 not compared
Green-spotted Triangle Graphium agamemnon Papilionidae is eaten by 13 not compared
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 121 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
Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia Nymphalidae has its flowers visited by 81 not compared
Green Orchid Bee Euglossa dilemma Apidae has its flowers visited by 56 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 51 not compared
Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea Pieridae has its flowers visited by 49 not compared
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is visited by 63 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
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is visited by 11 not compared
Red and Black Mason Wasp Pachodynerus erynnis Vespidae is visited by 10 not compared
Fraternal Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus Vespidae is visited by 6 not compared
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Apidae is visited by 6 not compared
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interacts with 61 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
Parkinson's Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae Apidae interacts with 34 not compared
Pluto Sphinx Xylophanes pluto Sphingidae interacts with 10 not compared
Monarch Danaus plexippus Nymphalidae interacts with 9 not compared
Liriomyza schmidti Agromyzidae interacts with 8 not compared
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is a host of 32 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
BOLD:AAB0660 Crambidae is a host of 58 not compared
BOLD:AAA4409 Crambidae is a host of 32 not compared
BOLD:AAA0433 Crambidae is a host of 29 not compared
BOLD:AAA0570 Crambidae is a host of 28 not compared
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Pollination

is pollinated by 13 organisms

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
Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Aglaiocercus kingii Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
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is dispersed by 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
Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor Cracidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus Ramphastidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

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
Phytoseius mantecanus Phytoseiidae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

has as a vector 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
birds Aves has as a vector 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
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
Angled Sulphurs Anteos Pieridae interacts with 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

is a mutualist of 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor Cracidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

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
Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Parulidae is preyed upon by 1 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

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.