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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Leucaena

Hierarchical position of the Genus Leucaena

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Familia  Leguminosae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Leucaena Benth. common name: leadtree

Named members of the Genus Leucaena

1	Species  glauca auct. non (L.) Benth. syn. Leucaena leucocephala
2	Species  leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit common name: white leadtree
3	Species  pulverulenta (Schlecht.) Benth. common name: great leadtree
4	Species  retusa Benth. common name: littleleaf leadtree

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.