Parent taxon: Caesalpiniaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
See also Knowlton 1919 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Caesalpinium, Cercidoxylon, Gleditsia, Gleditsiophyllum, Hymenaea, Palaeocassia, Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites, Senna
Subtaxa: Caesalpinites aculeatafolia Caesalpinites bentonensis Caesalpinites dispersus Caesalpinites mississippiensis Caesalpinites pinsonensis
Type: Caesalpinites dispersus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bolivia (2 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene of Cuba (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado)
• Eocene of China (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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