Genus: Leucaena Benth.

Also sometimes placed in: Mimosaceae

• conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. III)
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Brummitt, R. K. 1999. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 48. Taxon 48:368–369. [conservation proposal recommended].
  
• Harris, S. A. et al. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Leucaena (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 191:1–26.
  
• Hughes, C. 1997. (1297) Proposal to conserve the name Leucaena (Leguminosae) with a conserved type. Taxon 46:355–356.
  
• Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:1–244.
  
• Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:1–274.
  
• Hughes, C. E. et al. 2002. Divergent and reticulate species relationships in Leucaena (Fabaceae) inferred from multiple data sources: insights into polyploid origins and nrDNA polymorphism. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1057–1073.
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 174.
  
• Zárate Pedroche, S. 1994. Revision del genero Leucaena en Mexico. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 65:83–162.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Caudoleucaena Britton & Rose
• (= ) Ryncholeucaena Britton & Rose

Check other nomenclature databases for Leucaena:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Forestry Images (Leucaena leucocephala): from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed (Leucaena leucocephala): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Leucaena retusa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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