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Vachellia cornigera, the Glossary

Vachellia cornigera, commonly known as bullhorn acacia (family Fabaceae), is a swollen-thorn tree and Myrmecophyte native to Mexico and Central America.^[1]

37 relations: Acupuncture, Adelbert von Chamisso, Alkaloid, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Beltian body, Carbohydrate, Carl Linnaeus, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Central America, Daniel H. Janzen, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, El Salvador, Fabaceae, Family (biology), Gland, Heinrich Schenck, Herbivore, Joseph Nelson Rose, Leafcutter ant, Lipid, Livestock, Maya peoples, Mexico, Myrmecophily, Myrmecophyte, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Nectar, Panama, Pheromone, Protein, Pseudomyrmex ferruginea, Symbiosis, Thorns, spines, and prickles, Tree, Variety (botany), William Edwin Safford, Yucatán.
Medicinal plants of Central America
Myrmecophytes
Trees of Îles des Saintes
Trees of Belize
Trees of Guadeloupe
Trees of Martinique
Trees of Nicaragua

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.

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Adelbert von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso (30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist.

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Alkaloid

Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom.

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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist.

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Beltian body

A Beltian body is a detachable tip found on the pinnules of some species of Acacia and closely related genera.

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A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Daniel H. Janzen

Daniel Hunt Janzen (born January 18, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American evolutionary ecologist and conservationist.

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Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal

Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle) was a German botanist.

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El Salvador

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Gland

A gland is a cell or an organ in an animal's body that produces and secretes different substances either into the bloodstream or into a body cavity or outer surface that the organism needs.

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Heinrich Schenck

Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck (31 January 1860 – 25 June 1927) was a German botanist who was a native of Siegen.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Joseph Nelson Rose

Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist.

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Leafcutter ant

Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera Atta and Acromyrmex, within the tribe Attini.

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Lipid

Lipids are a broad group of organic compounds which include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and others.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Maya peoples

The Maya are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Myrmecophily

Myrmecophily is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms, such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi.

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Myrmecophyte

Myrmecophytes (literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. Vachellia cornigera and Myrmecophyte are Myrmecophytes.

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Nathaniel Lord Britton

Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859 – 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York.

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Nectar

Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Pheromone

A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Pseudomyrmex ferruginea

The acacia ant (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea) is a species of ant of the genus Pseudomyrmex.

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Symbiosis

Symbiosis (from Greek,, "living with, companionship, camaraderie", from,, "together", and, bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two biological organisms of different species, termed symbionts, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.

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Thorns, spines, and prickles

In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.

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Variety (botany)

In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form.

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William Edwin Safford

William Edwin Safford (December 14, 1859, Chillicothe, Ohio – January 10, 1926) was an American botanist, ethnologist, and educator employed by the U.S. Navy and federal government.

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Yucatán

Yucatán (also,,; Yúukatan), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán (Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_cornigera

Also known as Acacia campecheana, Acacia cornigera, Acacia cubensis, Acacia furcella, Acacia hernandezii, Acacia interjecta, Acacia rossiana, Acacia spadicigera, Acacia turgida, Bullhorn wattle, Mimosa cornigera, Tauroceras cornigerum, Tauroceras spadicigerum, Vacellia cornigera.

Vachellia cornigera, the Glossary

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See also

Medicinal plants of Central America

Myrmecophytes

Trees of Îles des Saintes

Trees of Belize

Trees of Guadeloupe

Trees of Martinique

Trees of Nicaragua

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