Cedrela Browne 1756 (mahogany)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

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

See also Brown 1959 and MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Aglaia, Aglaioxylon, Amoora, Amooroxylon, Aphanamixis, Azadirachta, Beddomea, Carapa, Carapoxylon, Cedrelophyllum, Chisocheton, Chisochetonoxylon, Chloroxylon, Chukrasia, Dysoxydendron, Dysoxylum, Heyneoxylon, Iugopollis, Melia, Meliaceaecarpum, Meliaceaephyllum, Meliaceophyllum, Meliapollis, Melicarya, Paratrichilioxylon, Synoum, Toona, Trichilia, Vavaea

Subtaxa: Cedrela eolancifolia Cedrela mississippiensis Cedrela odoratifolia Cedrela oregoniana Cedrela puryearensis Cedrela wilcoxiana

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene of Japan (1), United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Montana)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Oregon)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (3: Colorado)

• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (4: California, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)

Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences

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