Amorpha Linnaeus 1753 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Leguminosae according to D. I. Axelrod 1939

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

Subtaxa: Amorpha fruticosa Amorpha oblongifolia Amorpha utensis

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Type: Amorpha fruticosa

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nevada)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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