Colutea Linnaeus 1753 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

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

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, Callerya, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dewevrea, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Dussia, Ebenopsis, Entada, Erichsenia, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hoffmannseggia, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Listia, Macrolobium, Margocolporites, Mezcala, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mora, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Neoapaloxylon, Neonotonia, Ohashia, Ohwia, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Parapiptadenia, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Philenoptera, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Pueraria, Rothia, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spathionema, Spirosyncolpites, Tadehagi, Tephrosia, Vatairea, Wagatea, Whitfordiodendron, Amorpha, Leguminoxylon, Schmidites, Cynometrophyllum, Caesalpinioxylon, Diplophyllum, Gleditsioxylon, Ingophyllum, Mimosaceoxylon, Polyadopollenites, Leucaena, Leguminosites, Gleditschites, Ervites, Albizzioxylon, Dichrostachyoxylon, Caesalpinioideae, Diphysa, Campylotropis, Zittelia, Lespedeza, Podalyriophyllum, Berlinioxylon, Micropodium, Adelocercis, Thermopsis, Adenantheroxylon, Pycnolobium, Tamarindoxylon, Phaca, Enantiophyllites, Erythrophleum, Inga, Cytisus, Aeschynomene, Leguminocarpum, Astragalus, Bauhinioxylon, Vicia, Diphyllites, Wisteria, Ungerites, Palaeolobium, Bauhinites, Martyia, Desmodophyllum, Felixia, Fichtelites, Caesalpinaceae, Dalbergiophyllum, Strongylodon, Acacioxylon, Desmodium, Pterogynoxylon, Robinoxylon, Falcicutis, Cladrastis, Taenioxylon, Brachystegioxylon, Erythrophloeoxylon, Vouapa, Tetrapleuroxylon, Pisum, Cassioxylon, Cottaites, Mimosoxylon, Albizia, Andiroxylon, Gymnocladus, Fontainea, Pterocarpoxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Faboidea, Dalbergioxylon

Subtaxa: Colutea arborescens Colutea boweniana Colutea frutescens Colutea herbacea Colutea obovata Colutea primordialis Colutea speciosa

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Type: Colutea arborescens

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Shirleys Mill (Cretaceous of Alabama)

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