Full reference: K. J. Perleb. 1826. Lehrbuch der Naturgeschicte des Pflanzenreichs.
Parent taxon: Monocots according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000, MacGinitie 1941, Taylor et al. 2008 and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
Sister taxa: Acorales, Aglaoreidia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Arecales, Asparagales, Commelinales, Commelinids, Dioscoreales, Liliaceae, Pandanales, Petrosaviales, Poales, Zingiberales
Subtaxa: Alstroemeriaceae Calochortaceae Campynemataceae Colchicaceae Convallariaceae Corsiaceae Dracaenaceae Melanthiaceae Petermanniaceae Philesiaceae Rhipogonum Ripogonaceae Smilacaceae Smilaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections), China (1), India (1), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of China (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of China (3), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Switzerland (1), United States (3: California, Montana)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (2)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), China (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections including 42 occurrences