Family Cleomaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1825
Angiospermae - Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Parent taxon: Brassicales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
Sister taxa: Akaniaceae, Bataceae, Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, Caricaceae, Emblingiaceae, Gyrostemonaceae, Koeberliniaceae, Limnanthaceae, Moringaceae, Pentadiplandraceae, Resedaceae, Salvadoraceae, Setchellanthaceae, Tovariaceae, Tropaeolaceae
Subtaxa: Cleome
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (4 collections)
• Miocene of Germany (8), the Russian Federation (14)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence