Angiospermae - Apiales - Apiaceae
Synonym: Umbelliferae de Jussieu
Full reference: J. Lindley. 1836. A natural system of botany; or, A systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom, 2d ed.
Parent taxon: Apiales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Sniderman 2011
Sister taxa: Araliaceae, Griseliniaceae, Hederaephyllum, Hederophyllum, Hydrocotyle, Hydrocotylophyllum, Myodocarpaceae, Oenanthe, Pennantiaceae, Pittosporaceae, Torricelliaceae
Subtaxa: Astomaea Bupleurum Choritaenia Diachaenites Dichosciadium Grafia Harperella Komaroviopsis Lilaeopsis Opopanax Oreomyrrhis Oxypolis Peucedanites Pimpinellites Portenschlagiella Pseudocarum Rupiphila Sanicula Sphaerosciadium Umbelliferaepites Umbelliferoipollenites Umbelliferospermum Xatardia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (19), India (34), Japan (1), North Atlantic (22), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (1), Portugal (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (3: Massachusetts, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), India (2)
Total: 109 collections including 117 occurrences