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ArticleAmerican journal of botany2022

Fossil papilionoids of the Bowdichia clade (Leguminosae) from the Paleogene of North America.

Patrick S Herendeen, Domingos B O S Cardoso, Fabiany Herrera, Scott L Wing

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Patrick S HerendeenNegaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2657-8671
Domingos B O S CardosoInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s.n., Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, 40170-115, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7072-2656
Fabiany HerreraEarth Sciences, Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2412-672X
Scott L WingDepartment of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20560, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2954-8905

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premiseUnderstanding the evolutionary history of flowering plants has been enriched by the integration of molecular phylogenies and evidence from the fossil record. Fossil fruits and leaves from the late Paleocene and Eocene of Wyoming and Eocene of Kentucky and Tennessee are described as extinct genera in the tropical American Bowdichia clade of the legume subfamily Papilionoideae. Recent phylogenetic study and taxonomic revision of the Bowdichia clade have facilitated understanding of relationships of the fossil taxa and their evolutionary implications and paleoenvironmental significance.

methodsThe fossils were studied using standard methods of specimen preparation and light microscopy and compared to fruits and leaves from extant legume taxa using herbarium collections. Phylogenetic relationships of the fossil taxa were assessed using morphology and DNA sequence data.

resultsTwo new fossil genera are described and their phylogenetic relationships are established. Paleobowdichia lamarensis is placed as sister to the extant genus Bowdichia and Tobya claibornensis is placed with the extant genera Guianodendron and Staminodianthus.

conclusionsThese fossils demonstrate that the tropical American Bowdichia clade was present in North America during a period when tropical or subtropical conditions prevailed in the northern Rocky Mountains during the late Paleocene and the Mississippi Embayment during the middle Eocene. These fossils also document that the Bowdichia clade had diversified by the late Paleocene when the fossil record of the family is relatively sparse. This result suggests that future work on early fossil legumes should focus on tropical and subtropical climatic zones, wherever they may occur latitudinally.

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FabaceaeFossilsBiological EvolutionNorth AmericaPhylogenyBighorn BasinBowdichia cladeFabaceaeGenistoid cladePapilionoideaesamara-like fruits

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