Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Parent taxon: Leguminosae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and MacGinitie 1941
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, 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
Subtaxa: Desmodium gangeticum Desmodium indentum Desmodium latifolium Desmodium laxiflorum Desmodium nutans Desmodium podocarpum Desmodium tiliaefolium
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (3 collections)
• Pliocene of China (1), India (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of China (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 9 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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