Angiospermae - Poales - Restionaceae
Synonyms: Anarthriaceae Cutler and Airy Shaw 1965, Centrolepidaceae Endlicher 1836
Parent taxon: Poales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Bromeliaceae, Clementsiella, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Thurniaceae, Triticoides, Typhaceae, Vallisnerites, Xyridaceae, Yorkia
Subtaxa: Milfordia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (24 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (8), United States (2: Massachusetts)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (7), Australia (5), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Germany (1), United States (5: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1), United States (4: Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Missouri, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of South Sudan (1)
Total: 67 collections including 78 occurrences