Parent taxon: Caryophyllales according to Erdtman 1960
Sister taxa: Achatocarpaceae, Aizoaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacampserotaceae, Ancistrocladaceae, Asteropeiaceae, Barbeuiaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Didiereaceae, Dioncophyllaceae, Droseraceae, Drosophyllaceae, Frankeniaceae, Gisekiaceae, Halophytaceae, Hantsia, Hectorellaceae, Kewaceae, Limeaceae, Lophiocarpaceae, Macarthuriaceae, Microteaceae, Molluginaceae, Montiaceae, Nepenthaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Petiveriaceae, Phenanthera, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Portulacaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Sarcobataceae, Simmondsiaceae, Stegnospermataceae, Talinaceae, Tamaricaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Cuba (2), United States (2: Missouri, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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