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:

9 (1 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose var. angustissima (0 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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Conservation Status

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.
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.mb.2016.06.017.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	fern acacia	1	ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource). Note: as Acacia angustissima
English	prairie acacia	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	white-ball acacia	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Spanish	barbas de chivo	2	ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource). Note: as Acacia angustissima
Spanish	cantemó	2	ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource). Note: as Acacia angustissima
Spanish	guajillo	2	ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource). Note: as Acacia angustissima
Spanish	palo de pulque	2	ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library. Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum digital library (on-line resource). Note: as Acacia angustissima

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas	s.e.	Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	s.	Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	n.w.	Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.	Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta		Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.

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

Reference(s)

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.
Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.

Economic Uses

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=450087. Accessed 17 April 2026.