Angiospermae - Alismatales - Alismataceae
Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aponogetonaceae, Butomaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Maundiaceae, Pennipollis, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Thalassocharis, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Zosteraceae
Subtaxa: Alismataceaepites Sagisma
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Denmark (2 collections), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (7)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (9)
• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences