Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Alternative spelling: Caesalpinoideae
Parent taxon: Leguminosae according to Q. Q. Xu and J. H. Jin 2015
See also Chandler 1961, Licht et al. 2014 and Meng and Zhou 2014
Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, Callerya, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dewevrea, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Dussia, Ebenopsis, Entada, Erichsenia, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hoffmannseggia, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Listia, Macrolobium, Margocolporites, Mezcala, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mora, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Neoapaloxylon, Neonotonia, Ohashia, Ohwia, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Parapiptadenia, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Philenoptera, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Pueraria, Rothia, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spathionema, Spirosyncolpites, Tadehagi, Tephrosia, Vatairea, Wagatea, Whitfordiodendron, Astragalus, Colutea, Brachystegioxylon, Leguminosites, Wisteria, Desmodophyllum, Tamarindoxylon, Andiroxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Leucaena, Erythrophleum, Caesalpinaceae, Robinoxylon, Adelocercis, Caesalpinioxylon, Vouapa, Ingophyllum, Martyia, Dalbergioxylon, Gleditsioxylon, Amorpha, Strongylodon, Cottaites, Tetrapleuroxylon, Micropodium, Gleditschites, Faboidea, Diphyllites, Leguminoxylon, Pterogynoxylon, Bauhinites, Palaeolobium, Pterocarpoxylon, Fontainea, Taenioxylon, Ungerites, Polyadopollenites, Dalbergiophyllum, Vicia, Mimosoxylon, Leguminocarpum, Albizzioxylon, Inga, Campylotropis, Aeschynomene, Falcicutis, Albizia, Ervites, Cassioxylon, Thermopsis, Phaca, Pycnolobium, Diphysa, Diplophyllum, Acacioxylon, Erythrophloeoxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Mimosaceoxylon, Lespedeza, Dichrostachyoxylon, Cytisus, Enantiophyllites, Pisum, Cynometrophyllum, Cladrastis, Adenantheroxylon, Felixia, Schmidites, Desmodium, Fichtelites, Berlinioxylon, Gymnocladus, Bauhinioxylon, Zittelia
Subtaxa: Acrocarpoxylon Bauhinium Cynometroxylon Podocarpium
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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