Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Parent taxon: Ranunculales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963, Chandler 1964, Chandler 1978, Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Anthotypolithes, Berberidaceae, Circaeasteraceae, Eupteleaceae, Fumariaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Papaveraceae, Pteridophyllaceae, Ranunculaceae, Teixeiraea
Subtaxa: Bowerbankella Calkinsia Canticocculus Carronia Cebatha Chandlera Cissampelos Cocculeae Cocculinae Cocculites Cocculophyllum Cocculus Diploclisia Entoneuron Eohypserpa Fibraureae Frintonia Goweri Hyalosepalum Hyperbaena Hypserpa Martinmuellera Menispermaphyllum Menispermeae Menispermicarpum Menispermites Menispermoxylon Menispina Microtinomiscium Odontocaryoidea Palaeococculus Palaeosinomenium Parabaena Pericampylus Rhytidocaryon Stephania Syntrisepalum Tinomiscoidea Tinospora Tinosporeae Wardenia Wardensheppeya Wilkinsoniphyllum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"