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Pithecolobium
Taxonomy
Pithecolobium was named by Martius (1837). It is extant.
It was assigned to Mimosaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Leguminosae by Axelrod (1939) and Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Mimosaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Leguminosae by Axelrod (1939) and Liu et al. (1996).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Pithecolobium Martius p. 114 |
| 1919 | Pithecolobium Knowlton |
| 1939 | Pithecolobium Axelrod p. 111 |
| 1996 | Pithecellobium Liu et al. |
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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.
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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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Tertiary or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary | Dominican Republic (Samana) | P. samanensis (31231) | |
| Tertiary | Venezuela (Anzoategui) | P. tenuifolium (31247) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | P. eocenicum (23975) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | P. yumuriensis (32044) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | P. eocenicum (23973) | |
| Miocene | China (Zhejiang) | Pithecellobium sp. (224041) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Colombia | P. pre-saman (32182) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. pseudotrapezifolium (31336) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Peru (Loreto) | P. presaman (31226) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Ecuador | P. ecuadorensis (31245) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. tenuifolium (34145) | |
| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | P. miocenica, P. mohavense (19206) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | P. lucidum (222698) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia | P. palcanum (32043) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | P. brittonianum (32127) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. unguis cati (31227) |