†Leucaena californica Axelrod 1939 (legume)
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Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129
Belongs to Leucaena according to D. I. Axelrod 1939
Sister taxon: Leucaena coloradensis
Type specimen: UCMP 1473. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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