†Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis Shashi et al. 2007 (peacock flower)
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Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Belongs to Caesalpinia according to M. Prasad 2008
Sister taxa: Caesalpinia brasiliensis, Caesalpinia citronellensis, Caesalpinia claibornensis, Caesalpinia cookiana, Caesalpinia crista, Caesalpinia flumen viridensis, Caesalpinia middendorfensis, Caesalpinia raritanensis, Caesalpinia sappan, Caesalpinia spokanensis, Caesalpinia vesicaria, Caesalpinia wilcoxiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial horizon in India
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple
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