Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose GRIN-Global

Taxon: Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose

Summary

Genus:

Acaciella

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Acacieae

Nomen number:

450087

Place of publication:

N. Amer. fl. 23:100. 1928

Verified:

05/10/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose var. angustissima (25 active accession[s])
Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose var. filicioides (Cav.) L. Rico (0 active accession[s])
Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose var. texensis (Torr. & A. Gray) L. Rico (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Estrada C., E. et al. 2010. Diversity and distributional patterns of legumes in northeastern Mexico. SouthW. Naturalist 55:426-433. Note: cites Acaciella angustissima var. leiothrix
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244. URL: http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Rincón-Rosales, R. & F. A. Gutiérrez-Miceli. 2008. Características biológicas de Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose en su habitat ntaural y evaluación de su potencial cortical en Chiapas, México. Agrociencia (Montecillo) 42:129-137.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:559-902.

Common names

English
fern acacia –
prairie acacia –
white-ball acacia –
Spanish
barbas de chivo –
cantemó –
guajillo –
palo de pulque –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas	s.e.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	s.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	n.w.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s.e.), Oklahoma]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana (n.w.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.), California]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Baja California Sur]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Jujuy, Salta]

Cultivated
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Dominican Republic
BRAZIL: Brazil

Naturalized
Asia-Tropical

PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA: Thailand
MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Animal food	potential as fodder	Dzowela, B. H. 1994. Acacia angustissima: a Central American tree that's going places. Agroforest. Today 6(3):13-14.
Environmental	agroforestry	Dzowela, B. H. 1994. Acacia angustissima: a Central American tree that's going places. Agroforest. Today 6(3):13-14.
Environmental	soil improver	Dzowela, B. H. 1994. Acacia angustissima: a Central American tree that's going places. Agroforest. Today 6(3):13-14.
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.