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
Subtaxa: Dalbergites Dolichites Leguminosites Lonchocarpus Meibomites Papilionites Phaseolites Psoralea Robinia Sophora
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (12 collections)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (2), China (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1), Mexico (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), China (7), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Japan (7), United States (18: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Washington), Venezuela (6)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2), United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Japan (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Colorado, Texas, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (1), Japan (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: British Columbia), United States (3: New Mexico, South Carolina)
Total: 110 collections including 166 occurrences