Taxon: Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose var. leucospermum (Brandegee) Barneby ex J. W. Grimes

Summary

Genus:

Chloroleucon

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Ingeae

Nomen number:

409044

Place of publication:

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154. 1996

Verified:

06/30/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose (0 active accession[s])
Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose var. mangense (0 active accession[s])
Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose var. vincentis (Benth.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Pithecellobium leucospermum Brandegee

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chloroleucon leucospermum (Brandegee) Britton & Rose

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua		n.	Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti		s. (natzd.?)	Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica		s.e. (natzd.?)	Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.	natzd.?	Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Yucatán]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras, Nicaragua (n.)

Naturalized
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Haiti (s. (natzd.?)), Jamaica (s.e. (natzd.?)), United States [Virgin Islands, U.S. (natzd.?)]

Reference(s)

Barneby, R. C. & J. W. Grimes. 1996. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1):154-156.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409044. Accessed 12 May 2026.