Prairie Acacia (Acaciella angustissima)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Acaciella angustissima
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.: (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Common names: Prairie Acacia, fern acacia, white-ball acacia
Names in other languages (9)
Carboncillo, barbas de chivo, cantemó, gavia, guajillo, k'antemo, palo de pulque, Ángel, 灰合欢
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.: Acaciella
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.: angustissima
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Acaciella angustissima
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.

No photos have been requested for this species yet.

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 × has its flowers visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × is adjacent to × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is visited 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 16 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
Sinorhizobium chiapasense Rhizobiaceae	is a host of	20	no location
20 sources · 20 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149211752 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149211754 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149211756 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149211758 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149393047 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149393049 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149393051 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/149393053 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published And 12 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. 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.
Ravenelia gooddingii Raveneliaceae	is a host of	8	not compared
8 sources · 8 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960057 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San Rafael Valley · Oct. 17, 1937 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960058 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Baboquivari Mountains · Oct. 14, 1936 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960059 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Montezuma · Nov. 5, 1937 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960060 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Sycamore Canyon, near Ruby · Oct. 2, 1936 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960061 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: San Rafael Valley · Nov. 6, 1937 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=960063 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Baboquivari Mountains · Oct. 24, 1919 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=514222 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Baboquivari Mts. · Oct. 24, 1919 · Preserved specimen 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 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.
Rhizobium leucaenae Rhizobiaceae	is a host of	7	no location
7 sources · 12 records Wardeh, M., Risley, C., McIntyre, M. et al. Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution. Sci Data 2, 150049 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.49. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/wardeh2015/archive/90… Published in globalbioticinteractions/wardeh2015 Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167375137 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167375139 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642791 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642793 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642795 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642797 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 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.
Mesorhizobium plurifarium Phyllobacteriaceae	is a host of	5	no location
5 sources · 5 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167375147 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167375149 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167375151 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642813 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/167642815 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 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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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 14 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
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	has its flowers visited by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300203 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 14, 2013 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/716407 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 3, 2014 · 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.
Scolia mexicana Scoliidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16709047 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 5, 2018 · 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.
Grassy Green-Sweat Bee Pseudaugochlora graminea Halictidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Context: Tzuluwitz · Feb. 3, 2010 · 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.
Honey-legged Mini-Digger Exomalopsis mellipes Apidae	has its flowers visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Vandame R, Mérida J, Sagot P, Madrigal González D, Bedolla García B Y, González-Vanegas P A, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Potential host plant records recovered from ECOAB wild bee collection, Mexico. Version 1.10. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la bio… Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecoab-host-plant Context: Tzuluwitz · Feb. 3, 2010 · 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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interacts with 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
Nomia foxii Halictidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4977805 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Apache, 6km southwest · Aug. 24, 2023 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4977806 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Apache, 6km southwest · Aug. 24, 2023 · Preserved specimen https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4977807 Published in globalbioticinteractions/ecdysis Context: Apache, 6km southwest · Aug. 24, 2023 · 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.
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	interacts with	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300203 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 14, 2013 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/716407 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 3, 2014 · 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.
Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Nymphalidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3391088 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 30, 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.
Agrilus cavatus Buprestidae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record @book{123766, author = {Jendek, Eduard and Poláková, Janka}, booktitle = {Host Plants of World Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). A Critical Review}, pages = {706}, publisher = {Springer Cham}, year = {2014} } Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks 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 5 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	is eaten by	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310886387 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113658975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 29, 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.
Queen Danaus gilippus Nymphalidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257153796 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 15, 2024 · 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.
Apodemia mejicanus	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310843257 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 21, 2025 · 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.
Microtia perse Nymphalidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310841185 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 21, 2025 · 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 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
Ravenelia expansa Raveneliaceae	is adjacent to	7	no location
7 sources · 7 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697234 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: 20 miles on road Tepic to Santa Cruz · Dec. 18, 1970 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697235 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: 10 miles on road Tepic to Santa Cruz · Dec. 17, 1970 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697236 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mex. 200 near km. 90, north of Manzanillo, Col. · Nov. 3, 1971 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697237 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mex. 80 near Km 240 N of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco · Nov. 4, 1971 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697238 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: 20.9 miles on Santa Cruz Rd., W of Tepic, Nay. · Nov. 15, 1971 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697239 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mex. 54 near Km. 14, no. of Guadalajara · Oct. 25, 1971 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697243 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: 20.9 miles on Santa Cruz Rd., W of Tepic, Nay. · Nov. 15, 1971 · 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.
Ravenelia gooddingii Raveneliaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697240 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Canelo Hills · Oct. 21, 1949 · 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.
Ravenelia igualica Raveneliaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697241 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Solola · Jan. 25, 1915 · 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.
Ravenelia lysilomae Raveneliaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2697242 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Guatemala City · Jan. 1, 1915 · 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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interacts with 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
white honeysuckle Lonicera albiflora Caprifoliaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 50552b08-fc8c-11e7-b96e-37d1452d4310 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Pontotoc Ridge Preserve; The Nature Conservancy's Pontotoc Ridge Preserve. Limestone outcrops near Walnut Spring Creek. N34.51308 W96.56837… 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 Indian mallow Abutilon fruticosum Malvaceae	interacts with	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 50552b08-fc8c-11e7-b96e-37d1452d4310 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Pontotoc Ridge Preserve; The Nature Conservancy's Pontotoc Ridge Preserve. Limestone outcrops near Walnut Spring Creek. N34.51308 W96.56837… 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.
Hypenodes Erebidae	interacts with	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record 30d0ed58-fc8c-11e7-9236-576d29bed808 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Folley Farm, hilltop near SE corner, Folley Farm · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · 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.
Microdon Scrophulariaceae	interacts with	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record 30d0ed58-fc8c-11e7-9236-576d29bed808 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usgs-bison Context: Folley Farm, hilltop near SE corner, Folley Farm · 0007-01-01T00:00:00Z · 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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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
Glorious Protoxaea Protoxaea gloriosa Andrenidae	is visited by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record 8819baa0-d8e1-11e2-99a2-0026552be7ea Published in globalbioticinteractions/AMNH-hymenoptera Context: Sabino Canyon · no date published · 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.
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113658975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 29, 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.

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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

This agronomic reading comes from a source reserved for internal use, so it is not shown here.

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.