Leucaena pallida Britton & Rose GRIN-Global

Taxon: Leucaena pallida Britton & Rose

Summary

Genus:

Leucaena

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Mimoseae

Nomen number:

310220

Place of publication:

N. Amer. fl. 23:126. 1928

Verified:

10/22/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

15 (15 active, 2 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Leucaena esculenta (DC.) Benth. subsp. paniculata (Britton & Rose) Zarate
Leucaena paniculata Britton & Rose

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Reference(s)

Brewbaker, J. L. & H. L. Gholz. 1987. Significant nitrogen-fixing trees in agroforestry systems. Agroforestry : realities, possibilities, and potentials. 1987 31-45.
Brewbaker, J. L. 1987. Species in the genus Leucaena. Leucaena Res. Rep. 7(2):14.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Harris, S. A. et al. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Leucaena (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 191:17.
Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:204.
Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:153.
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Zárate P., S. 1994. Revisión del género Leucaena Benth. en México. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 65:133.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla]

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=310220. Accessed 20 July 2025.