The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Leucaena

The genus Leucaena is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leucaena

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Leucaena collinsii Britton & Rose Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena colombiana Britton & Rose ex Britton & Killip Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Leucaena confertiflora Zarate Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14 1
Leucaena confertiflora Zárate Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Leucaena congusa Britton & Rose Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Leucaena cuspidata Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena diversifolia (Schltdl.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena esculenta (DC.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena greggii S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena involucrata Zarate Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena involucrata Zárate Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Leucaena lanceolata S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14 1
Leucaena lempirana C.E.Hughes Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14 2
Leucaena macrophylla Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena magnifica (C.E.Hughes) C.E.Hughes Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena matudae (Zarate) C.E.Hughes Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena mixtec C.E.Hughes & S.A.Harris Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena × mixtec C.E.Hughes & S.A.Harris Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Leucaena multicapitula Schery Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena pallida Britton & Rose Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena pueblana Britton & Rose Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena pulverulenta (Schltdl.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena retusa Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena salvadorensis Britton & Rose Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena shannonii Donn.Sm. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena spontanea C.E.Hughes & S.A.Harris Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena × spontanea C.E.Hughes & S.A.Harris Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Leucaena trichandra (Zucc.) Urb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Leucaena trichodes (Jacq.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 78 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leucaena. Of these 25 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Leucaena. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 78 species names for the genus Leucaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 25 32.1%
Synonym 48 61.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 6.4%

All names

The status of the 104 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leucaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 28 26.9%
Synonym 70 67.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 5.8%

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 78 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leucaena, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 24 45 0 0 69 88.5%
Medium confidence 1 2 0 0 3 3.8%
Low confidence 0 1 0 5 6 7.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Leucaena is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 24 45 0 0 1 69 88.5%
Tropicos 1 3 0 2 0 6 7.7%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.8%