Caesalpinia Linnaeus 1753 (peacock flower)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 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, Cynometrophyllum, Zittelia, Leucaena, Falcicutis, Leguminoxylon, Cassioxylon, Acacioxylon, Erythrophloeoxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Inga, Ervites, Campylotropis, Berlinioxylon, Caesalpinaceae, Enantiophyllites, Cytisus, Fontainea, Albizia, Micropodium, Dichrostachyoxylon, Leguminocarpum, Tetrapleuroxylon, Pisum, Lespedeza, Erythrophleum, Astragalus, Faboidea, Cladrastis, Ungerites, Bauhinites, Pycnolobium, Dalbergioxylon, Felixia, Andiroxylon, Polyadopollenites, Adelocercis, Brachystegioxylon, Wisteria, Gymnocladus, Dalbergiophyllum, Vicia, Phaca, Desmodophyllum, Tamarindoxylon, Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosites, Mimosoxylon, Gleditsioxylon, Martyia, Bauhinioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon, Fichtelites, Gleditschites, Diphysa, Albizzioxylon, Adenantheroxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Diplophyllum, Cottaites, Colutea, Amorpha, Pterogynoxylon, Taenioxylon, Caesalpinioxylon, Schmidites, Aeschynomene, Diphyllites, Thermopsis, Ingophyllum, Strongylodon, Palaeolobium, Vouapa, Robinoxylon, Desmodium

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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