Fabaceae
Leucaena

Leucaena × mixtec C.E.Hughes & S.A.Harris

First published in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 55: 209 (1998)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Mexico to Honduras. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. The hybrid formula is L. esculenta × L. leucocephala subsp. glabrata.

Distribution

Native to:

Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Senegal

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hughes, C.E. (2022). Personal communication on Fabaceae, Leucaena. 1 Institute of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Hughes, C. (1998). Syst. Bot. Monographs 55. Monograph of Leucaena

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2000 Hughes, C.E. [1741], Mexico K000563830 No
Apr 1, 2000 Hughes, C.E. [1828], Mexico K000563829 No
Aug 1, 1992 Hughes, C.E. [1159], Mexico K000563831 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0