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, Mimosa, Mimosites, Mimosocarpum, Prosopis, Viborquia
Subtaxa: Pithecolobium eocenicum Pithecolobium miocenica Pithecolobium mohavense Pithecolobium oxfordensis
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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