Chloroleucon

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Ingeae
Genus: Chloroleucon
Species: C. acacioides – C. chacoense – C. dumosum – C. eurycyclum – C. extortum – C. foliolosum – C. guantanamense – C. mangense – C. sempervivum – C. tenuiflorum – C. tortum
Source(s) of checklist: 
Name

Chloroleucon (Benth. & Rose) Record, 1927

Type species: Chloroleucon vincentis (Benth.) Britton & Rose

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Regional: Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
Regional: Northern South America
Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
Regional: Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
Regional: Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Introduced into:
Haiti

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Record, S.J., 1927. Trop. Woods No. 10, 24 (1927); Britton & Rose in N. Am. Fl. xxiii. 36(1928).

Additional references

Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chloroleucon in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 12. Reference page. 
Hassler, M. 2022. Chloroleucon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 12. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2022. Chloroleucon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chloroleucon. Published online. Accessed: October 12 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chloroleucon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Some authorities consider it part of the genus Albizia.[1] Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρóς (chloros), meaning "green," and λευκός (leukos), meaning "white."[2]
Contents

1 Selected species
1.1 Formerly placed here
2 References
3 External links

Selected species

Chloroleucon chacoense (Burk.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Palo Barroso (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia)
Chloroleucon dumosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
Chloroleucon foliolosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
Chloroleucon eurycyclum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Venezuela)
Chloroleucon extortum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Brazil)
Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose
Chloroleucon tenuiflorum (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Chloroleucon tortum (Mart.) Pittier (Brazil)[3]

Formerly placed here

Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as C. ebano (Berland.) L.Rico)[3]

References

"Genus: Chloroleucon (Benth.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
"GRIN Species Records of Chloroleucon". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2013-04-26.