Caesalpinia Linnaeus 1753 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Fabaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Berry 1914, Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Entada, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Margocolporites, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spirosyncolpites, Tephrosia, Wagatea, Cytisus, Cladrastis, Dalbergiophyllum, Dalbergioxylon, Palaeolobium, Cassioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon, Mimosoxylon, Dichrostachyoxylon, Albizia, Falcicutis, Bauhinioxylon, Caesalpinioideae, Diplophyllum, Caesalpinioxylon, Taenioxylon, Albizzioxylon, Gleditschites, Desmodophyllum, Vicia, Robinoxylon, Gymnocladus, Ungerites, Wisteria, Cynometrophyllum, Ervites, Leguminocarpum, Phaca, Brachystegioxylon, Pisum, Erythrophleum, Thermopsis, Andiroxylon, Colutea, Erythrophloeoxylon, Diphysa, Gleditsioxylon, Fichtelites, Adenantheroxylon, Campylotropis, Martyia, Pycnolobium, Polyadopollenites, Ingophyllum, Caesalpinaceae, Strongylodon, Astragalus, Felixia, Fontainea, Pueraria, Adelocercis, Enantiophyllites, Zittelia, Tetrapleuroxylon, Acacioxylon, Micropodium, Podalyriophyllum, Papilionaceophyllum, Vouapa, Aeschynomene, Pterogynoxylon, Berlinioxylon, Diphyllites, Cottaites, Leguminoxylon, Faboidea, Tamarindoxylon, Leucaena, Desmodium, Schmidites, Pterocarpoxylon, Amorpha, Lespedeza, Bauhinites

Subtaxa: Caesalpinia citronellensis Caesalpinia claibornensis Caesalpinia cookiana Caesalpinia flumen viridensis Caesalpinia middendorfensis Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis Caesalpinia raritanensis Caesalpinia spokanensis Caesalpinia wilcoxiana

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)

• Miocene of Cuba (1), Japan (3), United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Tennessee, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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