Taxon:
Leptolobium panamense (Benth.) Sch. Rodr. & A. M. G. Azevedo
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 57:983. 2008
Verified:
01/23/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85 Note: = Acosmium panamense
- Schütz Rodrigues, R. & A. M. G. de Azevedo Tozzi. 2008. Reinstatement of the name Leptolobium Vogel (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Sophoreae). Taxon 57:980-984. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Sweetia panamense
Common names
English
Billy Webb – Spanish
guayacán –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | n.e. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | n. |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela (n.e.)
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia (n.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Acosmium panamense; L Belize NY, as Acosmium panamense; F Guat, as Sweetia panamensis | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |