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

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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