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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Ximenia americana'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Ximenia americana'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: tallow wood
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: tallow wood
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Ximenia americana'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Ximenia americana'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Apidae: Apis mellifera
 
 
 
Apidae: Mellisodes communis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum placidensis
 
 
 
Megachilidae: Megachile mendica
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Eremnophila aureonotata
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Isodontia exornata
 
  
Vespidae: Mischocyttarus cubensis
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Apidae: ''Apis mellifera, Mellisodes communis''
  
Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis
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Halictidae: ''Agapostemon splendens, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis''
  
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora
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Megachilidae: ''Coelioxys germana, Megachile mendica''
  
Vespidae: Zethus spinipes
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Sphecidae: ''Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Eremnophila aureonotata, Isodontia exornata''
  
Megachilidae: Coelioxys germana
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Vespidae: ''Mischocyttarus cubensis, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora, Zethus spinipes''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 11:38, 13 August 2015

Ximenia americana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Santalales
Family: Olacaceae
Genus: Ximenia
Species: X. americana
Binomial name
Ximenia americana
L.
Xime amer dist.jpg
Natural range of Ximenia americana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: tallow wood

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Ximenia americana at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Mellisodes communis

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis

Megachilidae: Coelioxys germana, Megachile mendica

Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Eremnophila aureonotata, Isodontia exornata

Vespidae: Mischocyttarus cubensis, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora, Zethus spinipes

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.