Leucaena shannonii Donn. Sm. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Leucaena shannonii Donn. Sm.

Summary

Genus:

Leucaena

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Mimoseae

Nomen number:

21963

Place of publication:

Bot. Gaz. 57:419. 1914

Verified:

05/16/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (6 active, 6 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Leucaena shannonii Donn. Sm. subsp. shannonii

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Reference(s)

Brewbaker, J. L. 1987. Species in the genus Leucaena. Leucaena Res. Rep. 7(2):16.
Halliday, J. & P. L. Nakao. 1982. Masterlist of woody species under consideration as nitrogen fixing trees. Resource documents on nitrogen-fixing trees, NFTA 82-03/12. 1982 4-11.
Hughes, C. E. 1991. Two new subspecies of Leucaena (Leguminosae : Mimosoideae) from Guatemala. Kew Bull. 46:547.
Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:221.
Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:193.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Zárate P., S. 1984. Taxonomic revision of the genus Leucaena from Mexico. Bull. Groupe Int. Étude Mimosoideae 12:28.
Zárate P., S. 1994. Revisión del género Leucaena Benth. en México. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 65:123.
Zárate Pedroche, S. 1987. Clarification of the taxonomy of Leucaena salvadorensis Standley ex Britton & Rose. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74:449.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador

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=21963. Accessed 18 July 2025.