†unranked clade Andromedeae (heather)
Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to M. E. J. Chandler 1963
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Ericipites, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff Leaf Bed, Hampshire (Eocene of the United Kingdom)