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Mimosaceae
Taxonomy
Mimosaceae was named by Brown (1814). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919).
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1814 | Mimosaceae Brown |
1919 | Mimosaceae Knowlton |
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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.
Fm. Mimosaceae Brown 1814
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G. †Acaciaephyllum Fontaine 1889
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†Acaciaephyllum ellipticum Fontaine 1905
†Acaciaephyllum pachyphyllum Fontaine 1905
G. Inga Scopoli 1777
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†Inga cretacea Lesquereux 1891
†Inga heterophylla Knowlton 1918
†Inga ionensis MacGinitie 1941
†Inga laurinafolia Berry 1916
†Inga mississippiensis Berry 1916
†Inga puryearensis Berry 1916
†Inga wickliffensis Berry 1916
G. Mimosa Linnaeus 1753
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†Mimosa americana Berry 1914
†Mimosa carolinensis Berry 1914
Mimosa rubicaulis Lamarck 1783
G. †Mimosites Bowerbank 1840
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†Mimosites acaciaefolius Berry 1916
†Mimosites browniana Bowerbank 1840
†Mimosites georgianus Berry 1914
†Mimosites inaequilateralis Berry 1916
†Mimosites lanceolatus Berry 1916
†Mimosites linearis Lesquereux 1873
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Invalid names: Mimosites linearifolius Lesquereux 1878 [synonym]
†Mimosites spiegeli Engelhardt 1922
†Mimosites variabilis Berry 1916
G. †Mimosocarpum Andreanszky 1951
G. Pithecolobium Martius 1837
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†Pithecolobium eocenicum Berry 1916
Pithecolobium miocenica Axelrod 1939
†Pithecolobium mohavense Axelrod 1939
†Pithecolobium oxfordensis Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma
Collections (63 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Acaciaphyllites grevilleoides (210091) | |
Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Mimosites coloradensis (53019) | |
Tertiary | Dominican Republic (Samana) | Inga sanchezensis, Pithecolobium samanensis (31231) Inga sp. (31232) | |
Tertiary | Venezuela (Anzoategui) | Inga kugleri, Pithecolobium tenuifolium (31247) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Mimosites browniana (21248) Mimosites brownianus, Mimosites browniana (22811) | |
Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Mimosites coloradensis (24419) | |
Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Mimosites georgianus (212698) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Texas) | Inga laurinafolia (98211) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Mimosites coloradensis (24415 24417) | |
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | Inga patagonica (32201) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Mimosites coloradensis (21389) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Inga ionensis (23997) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Liaoning) | Mimosites variabilis (223815) | |
Lutetian | France | Mimosaceae indet. (184468) | |
Bartonian | USA (Georgia) | Mimosites georgianus (212697) Mimosites georgiaus (212696) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Prosopis linearfolia (24209) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Myanmar (Sagaing) | Mimosa sp. (227720 227801) | |
Rupelian | Czech Republic | Mimosites haeringianus (31643) | |
Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Pithecolobium eocenicum (23975) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Inga sp. (31279) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica | Inga sheroliensis (31313) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Inga myrianthafolia (32010) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Ecuador | Inga lojaensis, Inga engelhardti (32188) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Inga leonii, Inga miocenica, Pithecolobium yumuriensis (32044) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | Inga reissi, Inga sp. (31273) | |
Miocene | China (Zhejiang) | Pithecellobium sp. (224041) | |
Miocene | USA (Montana) | Mimosites acaciafolius, Pithecolobium eocenicum (23973) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Peru (Loreto) | Pithecolobium presaman (31226) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Vera Cruz) | Inga miocenica (32066) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Ecuador | Pithecolobium ecuadorensis (31245) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Mimosites trinidadensis, Pithecolobium pseudotrapezifolium (31336) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Colombia | Inga lojana, Inga reissi, Pithecolobium pre-saman (32182) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Inga kugleri, Pithecolobium tenuifolium (34145) | |
Neogene | China (Yunnan) | Mimosites variabilis (224534) | |
Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | Pithecolobium miocenica, Pithecolobium mohavense, Prosopis pliocenica (19206) | |
Middle Miocene | Argentina (Tucumán) | Prosopis sp. (138668) | |
Middle Miocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Prosopis sp. (138962) | |
Middle Miocene | Ecuador (Azuay) | Inga sp. (31037 31038) | |
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Mimosites suteri (31244) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Pithecolobium lucidum (222698) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Prosopis sp. (144206) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | Inga ochseniusi, Mimosites engelhardti, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32143) Mimosites engelhardti, Pithecolobium brittonianum, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32127) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia | Pithecolobium palcanum (32043) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (La Paz) | Mimosites engelhardti, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32129) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Prosopis nigra (53926) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Pithecolobium unguis cati (31227) | |
Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Mimosaceae indet. (228760 228761) | |
Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Prosopis cineraria (228812) Prosopis cineraria, Mimosa rubicaulis (228785 228789 228811) | |
Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Mimosa sp. (228762 228773) | |
Holocene | India (Rajasthan) | Mimosa rubicaulis (228790) | |
Holocene | India (Uttar Pradesh) | Prosopis spicigera, Mimosa sp. (228820) |