Angiospermae - Lamiales - Scrophulariaceae
Parent taxon: Lamiales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Acanthaceae, Avicenniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Byblidaceae, Calceolariaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Cyclocheilaceae, Gesneriaceae, Lamiaceae, Lennoaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Linderniaceae, Martyniaceae, Mazaceae, Micranthemum, Oleaceae, Orobanchaceae, Paulowniaceae, Paulownioxylon, Pedaliaceae, Phrymaceae, Plantaginaceae, Plocospermataceae, Schlegeliaceae, Stilbaceae, Tetrachondraceae, Thomandersiaceae, Verbenaceae
Subtaxa: Bacopa Eremophila Limnophila Linaria Mimulus Paulownia Pedicularis Scrophularina
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (21), the Bahamas (1), India (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Califormia, Washington)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 42 collections including 46 occurrences