Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae
Parent taxon: Rosales according to F. H. Knowlton 1926
See also Andrews 1970 and Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Barbeyaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Cannabaceae, Davidsoniaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Dirachmaceae, Drupaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Mimosaceae, Pomaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae, Urticaleoxylon
Subtaxa: Dalbergites Dolichites Lonchocarpus Meibomites Papilionites Phaseolites Psoralea Robinia Sophora
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (12 collections)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (2), China (1), Portugal (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene of China (6), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Japan (7), United States (18: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Washington), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene of China (1), Japan (2), United States (2: Colorado, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (1), Japan (1)
Total: 64 collections including 70 occurrences