Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains 11 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to northern Argentina.^[2] 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."^[3]

Chloroleucon
Chloroleucon tortum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Chloroleucon (Benth.) Record (1927)[1]
Type species
Chloroleucon vincentis (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Species[2]
11; see text
Synonyms
Chloroleucum Britton & Rose ex Record Pithecellobium sect. Chloroleucon Benth.

Species

11 species are currently accepted:^[2]

• Chloroleucon acacioides (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Chloroleucon chacoense (Burkart) Barneby & J.W.Grimes – Palo Barroso (Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia)
• Chloroleucon dumosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
• Chloroleucon eurycyclum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Venezuela)
• Chloroleucon extortum Barneby & J.W.Grimes (Brazil)
• Chloroleucon foliolosum (Benth.) G.P.Lewis
• Chloroleucon guantanamense (Britton) Britton & Rose
• Chloroleucon mangense (Jacq.) Britton & Rose
• Chloroleucon sempervivum Silverst.
• Chloroleucon tenuiflorum (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
• Chloroleucon tortum (Mart.) Pittier (Brazil)

Formerly placed here

• Ebenopsis ebano (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes (as C. ebano (Berland.) L.Rico)^[4]