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Caesalpiniaceae
Taxonomy
Caesalpiniaceae is a subfamily.
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Leguminosae by Koeniguer (1967); and to Fabales by Hueber (1983).
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Leguminosae by Koeniguer (1967); and to Fabales by Hueber (1983).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Caesalpiniaceae
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G. †Caesalpinites Saporta 1862
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†Caesalpinites aculeatafolia Berry 1916
†Caesalpinites bentonensis Berry 1916
†Caesalpinites dispersus Saporta 1862
†Caesalpinites mississippiensis Berry 1916
†Caesalpinites pinsonensis Berry 1916
G. †Caesalpinium Schleiden 1855
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†Caesalpinium oweni Carruthers 1910
†Caesalpinium trioliense Schleiden 1855
G. †Gleditsiophyllum Berry 1910
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†Gleditsiophyllum constrictum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum ellipticum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum entadaformis Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum eocenicum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum fruticosum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum hilgardianum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum minor Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum ovatum Berry 1916
†Gleditsiophyllum triacanthoides Berry 1910
G. Hymenaea Linnaeus 1753
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†Hymenaea dakotana Lesquereux 1891
†Hymenaea fayettensis Berry 1919
†Hymenaea primigenia Saporta 1879
†Hymenaea virginiensis Fontaine 1889
G. †Palaeocassia Ettingshausen 1867
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†Palaeocassia augustifolia Ettingshausen 1867
†Palaeocassia laurinea Lesquereux 1891
G. †Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites Biswas 1962
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†Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica Biswas 1962
†Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites ratnami Ramanujam 1966
G. Senna Miller
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Calabrian or 99.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (40 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Hymenaea fayettensis (31887) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Caesalpiniaceae indet. (68174) | |
| Eocene | India (Assam) | Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites sp., Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica (228217) | |
| Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica (224681) Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites sp., Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica (228216) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Gleditsia onodaensis (24463 24481) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Gleditsia RR29 (28741) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica (224747) Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites sp., Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites eocenica (224890) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Caesalpinites falcata (21389) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Xizang) | Caesalpinites sp. (223828) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Caesalpinites acuminatus, Caesalpinites coloradicus (24209) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | Caesalpinites acuminatus (39837 39849) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Gleditsia lottii (27569) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Caesalpinites acuminatus, Caesalpinites coloradicus (23975) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Gleditsia miosinensis (223826) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Caesalpinites incertus (32044) | |
| Miocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites ratnami (224618) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Zürich) | Gleditsia lyelliana (46324) | |
| Miocene | China (Zhejiang) | Gleditsia parajaponica (224041) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Gleditsia miosinensis (22796) | |
| Miocene - Pleistocene | Burundi | Caesalpiniaceae indet. (191648) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Gleditsia miosinensis (223803) | |
| Orleanian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Gleditsia knorrii (106002) | |
| Middle Miocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Senna sp. (138962) | |
| Middle Miocene | Argentina (Tucumán) | Senna sp. (137296 138668) | |
| MN 5 - MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Aargau) | Gleditsia sp. (46279) | |
| MN 6 | Switzerland (Zürich) | Gleditsia sp. (46239) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | Gleditsia miosinensis (21239 21265) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Gleditsia integra (222698) Gleditsia miosinensis (222695) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Gleditsia miosinensis (22755) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | Caesalpinites potosianus (32127 32143) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Caesalpiniaceae indet. (22335) | |
| Calabrian - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Caesalpiniaceae indet. (22072) |