Micropodium Saporta 1861 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Parent taxon: Leguminosae according to H. N. Andrews 1970

See also Brown 1959

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, 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, Podalyriophyllum, Brachystegioxylon, Lespedeza, Astragalus, Diphyllites, Pisum, Diphysa, Pycnolobium, Leguminocarpum, Mimosaceoxylon, Adelocercis, Fontainea, Fichtelites, Albizia, Cynometrophyllum, Erythrophloeoxylon, Tamarindoxylon, Leguminoxylon, Bauhinioxylon, Strongylodon, Vouapa, Vicia, Cladrastis, Pueraria, Thermopsis, Adenantheroxylon, Cytisus, Campylotropis, Martyia, Enantiophyllites, Tetrapleuroxylon, Felixia, Polyadopollenites, Zittelia, Colutea, Mimosoxylon, Dalbergioxylon, Leucaena, Gleditschites, Caesalpinioideae, Pterogynoxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Taenioxylon, Gymnocladus, Gleditsioxylon, Acacioxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Cottaites, Robinoxylon, Ungerites, Bauhinites, Caesalpinioxylon, Desmodium, Palaeolobium, Dalbergiophyllum, Cassioxylon, Berlinioxylon, Dichrostachyoxylon, Desmodophyllum, Diplophyllum, Phaca, Erythrophleum, Andiroxylon, Albizzioxylon, Schmidites, Faboidea, Wisteria, Aeschynomene, Caesalpinaceae, Falcicutis, Ingophyllum, Amorpha, Ervites

Subtaxa: Micropodium oligospermum

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Type: Micropodium oligospermum

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Painted Hills (Oligocene of Oregon)

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