Leucaena salvadorensis

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Common Names

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

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

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Leucaena salvadorensis Britton & Rose
2. Leucaena shannonii subsp. salvadorensis (Britton & Rose)Zarate

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hughes C.E., Sep-1999

Place of publication : N. Amer. fl. 23:125. 1928

Name verified on 15-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Mar-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucaena

There are approximately 54 species in this genus:

L. boliviana · L. collinsii · L. collinsii collinsii · L. collinsii subsp. zacapana · L. collinsii zacapana · L. confertiflora · L. confertiflora var. adenotheloidea · L. confertiflora var. confertiflora · L. congusa · L. cuspidata (Efe) · L. diversifolia (Guache) · L. esculenta (Carne De Venado) · L. esculenta matudae · L. greggii (Gregg Lead Tree) · L. guatemalensis · L. hybrid · L. involucrata (Barra Blanca) · L. lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. lanceolata · L. lanceolata var. sousae · L. lempirana (Guaje) · L. leucacephala · L. leucocephala (Acacia) · L. leucocephala glabrata · L. leucocephala ixtahuacana · L. leucocephala leucocephala · L. leucocephala subsp. glabrata · L. leucocephala subsp. ixtahuacana · L. leucocephala x · L. leucoephala · L. leucophylla · L. macrophylla · L. macrophylla istmensis · L. macrophylla macrophylla · L. macrophylla var. istmensis · L. magnifica (Guaje) · L. matudae (Guaje) · L. mixtec (Guaje) · L. multicapitula (Frijolillo) · L. pallida (Guaja) · L. pseudotrichoides · L. pueblana (Guaje) · L. pulverulenta (Barba De Chivo) · L. retusa (Cafecillo) · L. sabeana · L. salvadorensis (Aserillo) · L. shannoni · L. shannonii (Barba De Jelote) · L. shannonii shannonii · L. spontanea (Guaje) · L. trichandra (Bac'il Sasib) · L. trichodes (Arabisco) · L. × brachycarpa · L. × spontanea

Bibliography

• Harris, S. A. et al. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Leucaena (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 191:16. [deserving of species rank].
• Hughes, C. 1997. Draft chapter on conservation from 'The genus Leucaena: a genetic resource handbook' (unpublished).
• Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:205.
• Hughes, C. E. 1988. Leucaena salvadorensis: status, distribution and genetic conservation. Leucaena Res. Rep. 9:99–105. [status as species or subspecies is still uncertain].
• Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:218.

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Notes

Contributors

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2844096
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-19835
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 167368
• GRIN Nomen Number: 314689
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 138973-2
• IUCN ID: 37488
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420115

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