Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to T. Su and Z. K. Zhou 2019
See also Mai 2000
Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Cocites, Juranyia, Serenopsis, Latericutis, Perrandoa, Sanmiguelia, Attaleinites, Palmanthium, Caryotispermum, Palmaepites, Lepidocaryinae, Eolirion, Bactrites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Elate, Burtinia, Palaeothrinax, Palmites, Versipalmicutis, Anomophyllites, Palmaepollenites, Palaeospadix, Palmocarpon, Neozamia, Corypheae, Astrocaryum, Rhapis, Latanites, Hemiphoenicites, Nipadites, Palmostrobus, Cocoopsis, Perfossus, Palmophyllum, Hyphaene, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Phoenix
Subtaxa: Chamaerops Copernicia Coryphoides Livistona Sabalites Serenoa Trachycarpus Tuzsonia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of Chile (1), India (3), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (2)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of China (4), India (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene to Eocene of China (1)
• Paleogene of China (1)
• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)
• Cretaceous of Romania (1), Spain (3), United States (13: Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections including 49 occurrences