†family Restionaceae Brown 1810

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

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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

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