Family Ripogonaceae Conran and Clifford 1985
Angiospermae - Liliales - Ripogonaceae
Parent taxon: Liliales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Carpenter et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alstroemeriaceae, Calochortaceae, Campynemataceae, Colchicaceae, Convallariaceae, Corsiaceae, Dracaenaceae, Melanthiaceae, Petermanniaceae, Philesiaceae, Rhipogonum, Smilacaceae, Smilaceae
Subtaxa: Ripogonum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence