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Conservation Status

History:

• 1997-Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. 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

Physical 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]

Habit: Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

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Distribution

Range and Population

The species occurs relatively commonly across southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua with a very restricted population in eastern El Salvador.

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucaena:

There are approximately 63 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: L. boliviana · L. californica · L. collinsii · L. collinsii collinsii · L. collinsii subsp. zacapana · L. collinsii zacapana · L. confertiflora · L. confertiflora ined · L. confertiflora var. adenotheloidea · L. confertiflora var. confertiflora · L. congusa · L. cuspidata (Efe) · L. diversifolia (Guache) · L. diversifolia stenocarpa · L. esculenta (Carne De Venado) · L. esculenta collinsii · L. esculenta matudae · L. esculentax · L. glauca non · L. greggii (Gregg Lead Tree) · L. gregii · 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 salvadorensis · L. shannonii shannonii · L. spontanea (Guaje) · L. spspsp · 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:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 167368
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 420115