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Mimosaceae

Angiospermae - Rosales - 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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Mimosaceae Brown
1919Mimosaceae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyMimosaceaeBrown 1814
familyMimosaceaeBrown 1814

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. †Acaciaphyllites Berry 1914
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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 browniana Bowerbank 1840
Mimosites georgianus Berry 1914
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 mohavense Axelrod 1939
G. Prosopis Linnaeus 1767 [mesquite]
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Prosopis pliocenica Axelrod 1937
G. Viborquia Ortega 1798
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Viborquia nigrostipellata Cockerell 1908
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 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

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Acaciaphyllites grevilleoides (210091)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Mimosites coloradensis (53019)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588Dominican Republic (Samana) Inga sanchezensis, Pithecolobium samanensis (31231) Inga sp. (31232)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588Venezuela (Anzoategui) Inga kugleri, Pithecolobium tenuifolium (31247)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Mimosites browniana (21248) Mimosites brownianus, Mimosites browniana (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Mimosites coloradensis (24419)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Mimosites georgianus (212698)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Inga laurinafolia (98211)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Mimosites coloradensis (24415 24417)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Inga patagonica (32201)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Mimosites coloradensis (21389)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Inga ionensis (23997)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Mimosites variabilis (223815)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Mimosaceae indet. (184468)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Mimosites georgianus (212697) Mimosites georgiaus (212696)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Prosopis linearfolia (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Mimosa sp. (227720 227801)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Mimosites haeringianus (31643)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Pithecolobium eocenicum (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Inga sp. (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Inga sheroliensis (31313)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Inga myrianthafolia (32010)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ecuador Inga lojaensis, Inga engelhardti (32188)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Inga leonii, Inga miocenica, Pithecolobium yumuriensis (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) Inga reissi, Inga sp. (31273)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Pithecellobium sp. (224041)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Mimosites acaciafolius, Pithecolobium eocenicum (23973)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Peru (Loreto) Pithecolobium presaman (31226)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Mexico (Vera Cruz) Inga miocenica (32066)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Ecuador Pithecolobium ecuadorensis (31245)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Mimosites trinidadensis, Pithecolobium pseudotrapezifolium (31336)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Colombia Inga lojana, Inga reissi, Pithecolobium pre-saman (32182)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Inga kugleri, Pithecolobium tenuifolium (34145)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Mimosites variabilis (224534)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) Pithecolobium miocenica, Pithecolobium mohavense, Prosopis pliocenica (19206)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (Tucumán) Prosopis sp. (138668)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (Catamarca) Prosopis sp. (138962)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Azuay) Inga sp. (31037 31038)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Mimosites suteri (31244)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Pithecolobium lucidum (222698)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Catamarca) Prosopis sp. (144206)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) Inga ochseniusi, Mimosites engelhardti, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32143) Mimosites engelhardti, Pithecolobium brittonianum, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32127)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia Pithecolobium palcanum (32043)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (La Paz) Mimosites engelhardti, Mimosa arcuatifolia (32129)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Prosopis nigra (53926)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Trinidad and Tobago Pithecolobium unguis cati (31227)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Mimosaceae indet. (228760 228761)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Prosopis cineraria (228812) Prosopis cineraria, Mimosa rubicaulis (228785 228789 228811)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Mimosa sp. (228762 228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Mimosa rubicaulis (228790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Prosopis spicigera, Mimosa sp. (228820)