Leucaena retusa information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Leucaena retusa Benth.

Genus: Leucaena
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Mimoseae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 21962
Place of publication: A. Gray, Pl. wright. 1:64. 1852 (Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3, Art. 5)
Name verified on: 07-Dec-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Sep-2008
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions: 12 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

littleleaf leadtree (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila

References:

Brewbaker, J. L. 1987. Species in the genus Leucaena. Leucaena Res. Rep. 7(2):19.
Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
Hughes, C. E. 1998. Leucaena: a genetic resources handbook. Trop. Forest. Pap. Commonw. Forest. Inst. 37:215.
Hughes, C. 1998. Monograph of Leucaena (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55:83.
Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):96.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Zárate P., S. 1984. Taxonomic revision of the genus Leucaena from Mexico. Bull. Groupe Int. Étude Mimosoideae 12:27.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Leucaena retusa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Leucaena retusa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Leucaena retusa.

Check other web resources for Leucaena retusa Benth.:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
GRIN nodulation data

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21962 (20 May 2013)

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