Ebony Blackbead (Ebenopsis ebano)

Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Ebenopsis ebano
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.: (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Common names: Ebony Blackbead, Texas Ebony, Texas-ebony, pithecellobium flexicaule
Names in other languages (6)
acte, ebenovec texaský, ya'ax-k' iik, Ébano, Эбенопсис эбано, 弯茎猴耳环
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).: Fabales
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).: Fabaceae
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.: Ebenopsis
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.: ebano
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Ebenopsis ebano
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.: Not available.

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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 interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × has its flowers visited by × is a host of × is visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has as a parasite ×

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.

interacts with 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	Actions
Shieldbugs Pentatomidae Pentatomidae	interacts with	2	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
2 sources · 2 records https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5094490 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Sierra Cacachilas, Rancho El Chivato · Oct. 12, 2014 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5094532 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Sierra Cacachilas, about 0.5 miles south of Rancho Calabaza · Oct. 8, 2014 · 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.
Zale Moths Hemiptera	interacts with	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
1 source · 1 record https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=6225413 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Sierra Cacachilas, One Palm Seep · Nov. 1, 2013 · 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.
Siproeta stelenes biplagiata Nymphalidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170314619 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 30, 2023 · 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.
Texas Ebony Ebenopsis ebano Fabaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/371856494 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 27, 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.

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is eaten by 3 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Oblique Stripetail Allograpta obliqua Syrphidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194676321 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 23, 2023 · 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.
Norape virgo Megalopygidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2389772 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 8, 2015 · 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.
Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis Psittacidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2942571 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 15, 2016 · 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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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 3 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
Brick and Black Anomoea Anomoea rufifrons Chrysomelidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119288421 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 28, 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.
Oblique Stripetail Allograpta obliqua Syrphidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194676321 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 23, 2023 · 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.
Siproeta stelenes biplagiata Nymphalidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170314619 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 30, 2023 · 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 a host of 2 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
Shieldbugs Pentatomidae Pentatomidae	is a host of	2	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
2 sources · 2 records https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5094490 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Sierra Cacachilas, Rancho El Chivato · Oct. 12, 2014 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5094532 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Sierra Cacachilas, about 0.5 miles south of Rancho Calabaza · Oct. 8, 2014 · 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.
Norape virgo Megalopygidae	is a host of	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2363362 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 8, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2389772 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 8, 2015 · 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 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
Monarch Danaus plexippus Nymphalidae	is visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4972382 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 13, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5041193 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 29, 2017 · 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.
Oblique Stripetail Allograpta obliqua Syrphidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194676321 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 23, 2023 · 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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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
Texas Ebony Ebenopsis ebano Fabaceae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/371856494 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 27, 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.

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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
Actenodes flexicaulis Buprestidae	has as a parasite	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Chamberlin, W. J. The Buprestidae of North America, Exclusive of Mexico, a Catalogue including Synonomy, Bibliography, Distribution, Type Locality and Hosts of Each Species,. 1926. Published in millerse/Buprestidae-of-North-America Context: Taken only near Brownsville, Texas · 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

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.