Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Casearia sylvestris
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
Crackopen, wild sage
Names in other languages (24)Burro caá, Cafezeiro-do-mato, Cafezinho-do-mato, Cambroé, Carniceiro, Chá-de-Bugre, Erva-de-pontada, Erva-de-teiú, Erva-teiú, Erva-tiú, Guaçatonga, Guaçatunga, Guaçatunga-preta, Pau-de-lagarto, Quiubra, Ramo-de-carne, Varre-forno, botoncillo, cafézeiro-do-mato, erva-de-bugre, erva-de-lagarto, guaçatunga, kaseária lesná, kwasikwasi tiki, sombra de conejo, sombre de armada, yape’a pɨtã, yape’a pɨtã sili
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).
Salicaceae
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.
Casearia
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.
sylvestris
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Casearia sylvestris
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 14:24.
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: Carol Fontes · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: André Ferrari · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: Gastón Repetto · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: Cristiane Colodel · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: sofialopez9 · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Casearia sylvestris Sw.
Photo: William G. Borges · 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 14:24.

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: 8 of 8 is eaten by × is a host of × is dispersed by × is pollinated by × interacts with × is adjacent to × is a parasite of × is a symbiont of ×

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is eaten by 291 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Turdidae is eaten by 9 not compared
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Tyrannidae is eaten by 9 not compared
Northern Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Tyrannidae is eaten by 9 not compared
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Thraupidae is eaten by 9 not compared
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is a host of 52 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
Pseudocercospora cylindrosporioides Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 12 not compared
Pseudocercospora caseariae Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 10 not compared
Merismella oligomera Chaetothyriaceae is a host of 5 not compared
skeletonized leafwing Zaretis itys Nymphalidae is a host of 4 no location
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is dispersed by 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
Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus Picidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Turdidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops Thraupidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
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Pollination

is pollinated by 3 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
Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata is pollinated by 1 not compared
Chlorostilbon lucidus Trochilidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor is pollinated by 1 not compared
Showing 3 of 3, 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
Pseudocercospora cylindrosporioides Mycosphaerellaceae interacts with 1 no location
Agrilus (Agrilus) lacordairei Buprestidae interacts with 1 no location
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
Pseudocercospora cylindrosporioides Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 8 no location
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

is a parasite of 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
BOLD:AAF7397 Depressariidae is a parasite of 1 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

is a symbiont 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
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
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.