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Taxon:  Leucaena diversifolia (Schltdl.) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Leucaena
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
21953
Place of publication:
J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:417. 1842
Verified:
12/07/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (8  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Acacia diversifolia Schltdl.

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Reference(s)
  1. Brewbaker, J. L. 1987. Species in the genus Leucaena. Leucaena Res. Rep. 7(2):13.
  2. Diangana, D. 1987. Les espèces ligneuses fixatrices d'azote au Congo, le point après deux annèes de recherches. Les arbres fixateurs d'azote, l'amélioration biologique de la fertilé du sol, Actes des séminaires 17-25 Mars 1986, Dakar, Sénégal. 1987 43-54.
  3. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:173-175.
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:160.
  6. Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:101.
  7. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  8. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- A:173.
  9. Zárate P., S. 1984. Taxonomic revision of the genus Leucaena from Mexico. Bull. Groupe Int. Étude Mimosoideae 12:31.
  10. Zárate P., S. 1994. Revisión del género Leucaena Benth. en México. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 65:150.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemalaHuehuetenango 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz]
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala [Huehuetenango]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalpotential for agroforestry Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:173-175.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21953. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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