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Taxon:  Leucaena trichandra (Zucc.) Urb.



Summary
Genus:
Leucaena
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
415185
Place of publication:
Sym. antill. 2:267. 1900
Verified:
10/22/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Acacia trichandra Zucc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Leucaena diversifolia (Schltdl.) Benth. subsp. stenocarpa (Urb.) Zarate
Leucaena stenocarpa Urb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:225.
  3. Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:128.
  4. Mullen, B. F. et al. 1998. Specificity of rhizobial strains for effective N2 fixation in the genus Leucaena. Trop. Grasslands 32:110-117.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla]
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, 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=415185. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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