Caesalpinia Linnaeus 1753 (peacock flower)

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: Fabaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Berry 1914, Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, 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, Diphysa, Andiroxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Bauhinioxylon, Vicia, Gleditschites, Leguminoxylon, Desmodium, Albizia, Adelocercis, Bauhinites, Pisum, Lespedeza, Palaeolobium, Tetrapleuroxylon, Amorpha, Fontainea, Dichrostachyoxylon, Campylotropis, Phaca, Martyia, Mimosoxylon, Pycnolobium, Leucaena, Inga, Brachystegioxylon, Erythrophleum, Tamarindoxylon, Aeschynomene, Cynometrophyllum, Desmodophyllum, Vouapa, Cytisus, Gymnocladus, Berlinioxylon, Ungerites, Albizzioxylon, Strongylodon, Enantiophyllites, Diplophyllum, Colutea, Felixia, Zittelia, Cottaites, Leguminocarpum, Ervites, Pterogynoxylon, Leguminosites, Dalbergioxylon, Dalbergiophyllum, Erythrophloeoxylon, Polyadopollenites, Robinoxylon, Caesalpinioxylon, Acacioxylon, Diphyllites, Wisteria, Schmidites, Adenantheroxylon, Faboidea, Gleditsioxylon, Thermopsis, Ingophyllum, Micropodium, Cladrastis, Caesalpinioideae, Fichtelites, Caesalpinaceae, Taenioxylon, Astragalus, Mimosaceoxylon, Cassioxylon, Falcicutis, Papilionaceophyllum

Subtaxa: Caesalpinia brasiliensis Caesalpinia citronellensis Caesalpinia claibornensis Caesalpinia cookiana Caesalpinia crista Caesalpinia flumen viridensis Caesalpinia middendorfensis Caesalpinia purniyagiriensis Caesalpinia raritanensis Caesalpinia sappan Caesalpinia spokanensis Caesalpinia vesicaria Caesalpinia wilcoxiana

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Type: Caesalpinia brasiliensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)

• Miocene of Cuba (1), Japan (3), United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Tennessee, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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