Fabaceae
Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala

Leucaena leucocephala subsp. leucocephala

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Mexico to Belize. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1783] Cameroon K000108287 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Burchell [1641] Brazil K000849268 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Burchell [3039] Brazil K000849269 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Cárdenas de Guevara, L. [543] Venezuela K001478351 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Gardner, G. [891] Brazil K000091115 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Glaziou, A. [1493] Brazil K000849265 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Glaziou [9398] Brazil K000849270 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Hage, J.L. [246] Brazil K000091114 Yes
Apr 1, 2000 Weiss, L.; Schmidt, H. [s.n.] Brazil K000849267 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Elmer, A.D.E. [14391] Philippines K000295897 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9859] Cameroon K000092988 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Elmer, A.D.E. [5565] Philippines K000295902 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Merril, E.D. [1880] Philippines K000295892 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Merril, E.D. [2730] Philippines K000295893 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Williams, R.S. [2047] Philippines K000295903 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Merril, E.D. [2730] Philippines K000295899 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Hartley, T.G. [T.G.H. 9880] Papua New Guinea K000654968 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Sayers, D. [NGF 21828] Papua New Guinea K000654967 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Cammill, J.A. [113] Papua New Guinea K000654970 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Foreman, D.B. [LAE 52284] Papua New Guinea K000654969 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Whitford, H.N. [566] Philippines K000295898 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Streimann, H. [85622] Papua New Guinea K000654965 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Merril, E.D. [49] Philippines K000295894 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Coode, M.J.E.; Cropley, T.; Katik, P. [N.G.F. 29743] Papua New Guinea K000654966 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Hiepko, P.; Schultze-Motel, W. [520] Indonesia K000654963 Yes
Weiss; Schmidt [s.n.] Brazil K000849266 Yes
Davis, A.P.; et al. [670] Indonesia K000654964 Yes

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