Bull horn acacia (Vachellia collinsii)
Vachellia collinsii is a thorny plant from Mexico and Central America, famous for its mutualism with Pseudomyrmex ants. It offers hollow thorns for ant housing and food,.
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Synonyms
Acacia collinsii Saff.
Acacia costaricensis Schenck
Acacia glutea Ram.Goyena
Acacia nelsonii Saff.
Acacia panamensis Schenck
Acacia penomensis Saff.
Acacia yucatanensis Schenck
Myrmecodendron collinsii (Saff.) Britton & Rose
Myrmecodendron costaricense (Schenck) Britton & Rose
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderFabales
- familyFabaceae
- genusVachellia
- speciesVachellia collinsii