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Cladrastis sp., Yellowwood(s)

genus Cladrastis Rafinesque (1824)

• Modern species: Eocene - Present (50.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Fabales, family Fabaceae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Hokkaido, Akita, Niigata, Aichi, Tottori
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Niigata
• Pleistocene: Tochigi
• Investigation in progress: Fukui

• Subtaxa
• Cladrastis aniensis
• Cladrastis chaneyi
• Cladrastis platycarpa