Parent taxon: Monocotyledonae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Alismales, Alismatales, Arales, Arecidae, Arundo, Commelinacea, Commelinidae, Deccananthus, Doryanthites, Dracaenites, Festucophyllites, Florentinites, Glumiflorae, Graminales, Halocharis, Hypoglossidium, Isselia, Liliidae, Microrrhagion, Monocotylophyllum, Monocotylorhizos, Monocotylostrobus, Monoporites, Monosulcites, Najadales, Palmales, Palmoidopteris, Pandanites, Phylladelphia, Phyllotaenia, Podostachys, Principes, Ravenalospermum, Restioniidites, Sabalpollenites, Scitaminales, Scitamineae, Shuklanthus, Spathiflorae, Stellatopollis, Triloculaire, Triloculocarpon, Velamenorhizos, Viracarpon, Xyridales, Zingiberidae, Zosterites
Subtaxa: Frimmersdorfia Marcoduria Wackersdorfia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Spreetal (Miocene of Germany)