Robinia californica Axelrod 1939

Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae

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 Robinia according to D. I. Axelrod 1939

Sister taxa: Robinia brittoni, Robinia caragana, Robinia frutescens, Robinia grandiflora, Robinia mesozoica, Robinia pseudoacacia, Robinia pygmaea, Robinia pygmaea

Type specimen: UCMP 1478, 1479, 1480. 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 (10: California, Montana, Nevada)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.