Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Full reference: P. S. Herendeen and D. L. Dilcher. 1991. Caesalpinia subgenus Mezoneuron (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Tertiary of North America. American Journal of Botany 78(1):1-12
Belongs to Caesalpinia according to P. S. Herendeen and D. L. Dilcher 1991
Sister taxa: Caesalpinia brasiliensis, Caesalpinia citronellensis, Caesalpinia cookiana, Caesalpinia crista, Caesalpinia flumen viridensis, Caesalpinia middendorfensis, Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis, Caesalpinia raritanensis, Caesalpinia sappan, Caesalpinia spokanensis, Caesalpinia vesicaria, Caesalpinia wilcoxiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Warman Clay Pit, which is in an Eocene/Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Claiborne Formation of Tennessee
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Warman Clay Pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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