Pithecolobium Martius 1837

Angiospermae - Rosales - Mimosaceae

Alternative spelling: Pithecellobium

Parent taxon: Mimosaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Axelrod 1939 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Acaciaephyllum, Acaciaphyllites, Inga, Mimosa, Mimosites, Mimosocarpum, Prosopis, Viborquia

Subtaxa: Pithecolobium eocenicum Pithecolobium miocenica Pithecolobium mohavense Pithecolobium oxfordensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Trinidad and Tobago (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2)

• Miocene of China (2), Cuba (1), United States (2: California, Montana)

• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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