Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Barba De Le, Barba De León, Calguaje, Chalip, Dormil, Dormilón, Efe, Frijol Guaje, Guache, Guache De Tierra Caliente, Guaje, Guaje Blanco, Guaje Verde, Guas, Guash, Guash De Castilla, Guashe
Description
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic , sympetalous , the lobes valvate . Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous , showy. Pollen released in monads , tetrads , or polyads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,225 meters (0 to 4,019 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Leucaena glabrata
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: Sep-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leucaena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. collinsii subsp. zacapana (Guaje) · L. confertiflora var. adenotheloidea (Guaje De Huerta) · L. confertiflora var. confertiflora (Guaje Del Cerro) · L. cuspidata (Efe) · L. diversifolia (Guache) · L. esculenta (Carne De Venado) · L. greggii (Gregg Lead Tree) · L. involucrata (Barra Blanca) · L. lanceolata var. lanceolata (Guaje De Zopilote) · L. lanceolata var. sousae (Guaje De Zopilote) · L. lempirana (Guaje) · L. leucocephala (Acacia) · L. leucocephala glabrata (Guache De Tierra Caliente) · L. leucocephala ixtahuacana (Guash Criollo) · L. leucocephala leucocephala (Granadillo Bobo) · L. macrophylla istmensis (Ndwa De Monte) · L. magnifica (Guaje) · L. matudae (Guaje) · L. mixtec (Guaje) · L. multicapitula (Frijolillo) · L. pallida (Guaja) · L. pueblana (Guaje) · L. pulverulenta (Barba De Chivo) · L. retusa (Cafecillo) · L. salvadorensis (Aserillo) · L. shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. shannonii shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. spontanea (Guaje) · L. trichandra (Bac'il Sasib) · L. trichodes (Arabisco) · L. × spontanea (Wild Tamarind)
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Further Reading
- Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:114.
- Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:182.
- Zárate, S. P. 1994. Revisi and oacute;n del g and eacute;nero Leucaena Benth. en M and eacute;xico. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. M and eacute;xico 65:127.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Hughes CE, 1999-09 (from ILDIS).
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes01, 10.01, 2007.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8294719
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-14957
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13667093
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953705-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 314691
- MoBot NameID: 13069020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 403069
Footnotes
- Mean = 96.710 meters (317.290 feet), Standard Deviation = 719.560 based on 14 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
