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Amorpha
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fabales : Leguminosae : Amorpha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amorpha oblongifolia species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1760 | Amorpha Linné |
1939 | Amorpha Axelrod p. 111 |
References
Axelrod D. I. (1939) A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516, 1-129 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!