Family Clethraceae Klotzsch 1851
Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Clethraceae
Parent taxon: Ericales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chandler 1963 and Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Clethra Clethraecarpum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections), Japan (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence