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Robinia

Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae

Taxonomy
Robinia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Robinia pseudoacacia.

It was assigned to Papilionaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926); and to Leguminosae by Axelrod (1939), Liu et al. (1996).

Species
R. brittoni, R. californica, R. caragana, R. frutescens, R. grandiflora, R. mesozoica, R. pseudoacacia (type species), R. pygmaea, R. pygmaea
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. bisonensis, R. lesquereuxi, R. lincangensis, R. nipponica, R. regeli, R. wardi
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2018-04-28; modified by B. Allen on 2024-08-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Robinia Linnaeus
1919Robinia Knowlton
1926Robinia Knowlton
1939Robinia Axelrod p. 114
1996Robinia Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderRosales
familyPapilionaceaeGiseke
genusRobinia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Robinia Linnaeus 1753
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†Robinia brittoni Cockerell 1908
†Robinia californica Axelrod 1939
Robinia caragana Linnaeus 1753
Robinia frutescens Linnaeus 1753
Robinia grandiflora Linnaeus 1753
†Robinia mesozoica Cockerell 1912
Robinia pseudoacacia Linnaeus 1753
Robinia pygmaea Linnaeus 1753
Robinia pygmaea Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) R. wardi (58000)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) R. californica (23975)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Washington) R. sp. (224391)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) R. californica (23973)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) R. californica (27701 27702)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (California) R. californica (19206)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) R. californica (35412)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Nevada) R. californica (27527 27626 27627 27629)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) R. californica (27662)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) R. lincangensis (222695) R. nipponica (222698)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58China (Yunnan) R. sp. (224402)