Angiospermae - Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Parent taxon: Crossosomatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919, Knowlton 1926 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Aphloiaceae, Crossosomataceae, Geissolomataceae, Guamatelaceae, Stachyuraceae, Strasburgeriaceae
Subtaxa: Staphylea
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1)
• Miocene of Germany (10), Japan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Colorado)
• Tertiary of Japan (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (4: Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections including 49 occurrences