Ebenopsis ebano

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Ebenopsis ebano
Fruit

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Ebenopsis
Species:
E. ebano
Binomial name
Ebenopsis ebano
Natural range
Synonyms

Acacia flexicaulis Benth.
Chloroleucon ebano (Berland.) L.Rico
Mimosa ebano Berland.
Pithecellobium ebano (Berland.) C.H.Müll.
Pithecellobium flexicaule (Benth.) J.M.Coult.
Zygia flexicaulis (Benth.) Sudw.[2]

Ebenopsis ebano is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae,[2] that is native to the coastal plain of southern Texas in the United States and eastern Mexico.[3] It is commonly known as Texas ebony or ebano (in Spanish).[2]

Description

Texas ebony is a small, evergreen tree that reaches a height of 7.6–9.1 m (25–30 ft) and a crown width of 1.8–4.6 m (5.9–15.1 ft).[4]

Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano)

Habitat and range

The range of E. ebano stretches from

Yucatán in Mexico.[6] It can be found in the Tamaulipan matorral,[7] Tamaulipan mezquital,[8] Veracruz dry forests, and Yucatán dry forests ecoregions.[9] Its habitat extends from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), averages 20 to 27 °C (68 to 81 °F) in temperature, and receives a mean of 900 mm (35 in) of annual rainfall.[6]

Uses

Texas ebony is cultivated in xeriscaping for its dense foliage and fragrant flowers.[10] It is also used in bonsai.[11]

Ecology

Ebenopsis ebano is a

Achalarus toxeus)[12] and Sphingicampa blanchardi.[13] The seedpods host the bean weevils Stator beali and S. limbatus. Despite the native range of Texas ebony overlapping with that of the latter, S. limbatus only feeds upon it in locales where it is grown as an ornamental and is not native.[14] E. ebano is also a preferred host of the epiphyte Bailey's ball moss (Tillandsia baileyi).[15]

References

  1. ^ Contu, S. (2012). "Ebenopsis ebano". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19891615A20070381. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Ebenopsis ebano". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  3. ^ "Ebenopsis ebano (Texas Ebony)". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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  5. ^ "Ebenopsis ebano (Berl.) Barneby & Grimes Texas ebony". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
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    CONAFOR
    . Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  7. doi:10.21829/myb.2007.1311238
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  8. ISBN 978-0-231-11157-7
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  9. ISBN 978-1-56656-640-7
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  10. ISBN 978-0-7603-2968-9
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  11. ISBN 978-1-889538-42-6
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  12. ^ "Coyote Cloudywing Achalarus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  13. ^ "Sphingicampa blanchardi". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  14. ^ Fox, Charles W. (2006). "Colonization of a new host by a seed-feeding beetle: Genetic variation, maternal experience, and the effect of an alternate host" (PDF). Annales Zoologici Fennici. 43: 239–247.
  15. ^ Sill, Sue (May 2009). "Tillandsia baileyi rose - Texas's Disappearing Native Air-Plant" (PDF). The Sabal. 26 (5). Native Plant Project: 1–5.

External links

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