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Fabaceae

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Tribe Cassieae

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Tribe Detarieae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Amorpheae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Cytiseae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Desmodieae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Genisteae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Millettieae

Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae

Subfamily Mimosoideae

Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Acacieae

Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Ingeae

Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Mimoseae

Subfamily Mimosoideae
Tribe Parkieae

Acacia cornigera Willd.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Bull-thorn Acacia
  • Family: Fabaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Habitat: Wet sites in lowlands

  • Description: Small tree to shrub, leaves bipinnate, pairs of large, semi-hollow spines inhabited by ants. This type of ant/plant symbiotic association is known as a myrmecophyte.

    Yellow flowers in dense spikes up to 1.5 inches long.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200300277
  • Source: Marcia Kirinus - Duke
  • Accession Date: 08-19-2003
  • Bench: 2111 - Ant Acacias
  • Qty: 4 confirmed on 04-29-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fabales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • SubFamily: Mimosoideae
  • Tribe: Acacieae
  • SubTribe:
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