Gleditsia Linnaeus 1753

Angiospermae - Rosales

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Caesalpiniaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Hueber 1983 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Caesalpinites, Caesalpinium, Cercidoxylon, Gleditsiophyllum, Hymenaea, Palaeocassia, Paleocaesalpiniaceaepites, Senna

Subtaxa: Gleditsia donensis Gleditsia triacanthos

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (5), Germany (1), Japan (3), Switzerland (3)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Idaho)

• Eocene of Japan (2), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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