Parent taxon: Dicotyledones according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Anisophyllum, Araliopsoides, Asteridae, Campanulales, Campanulatae, Caryophyllidae, Casuarinales, Centrospermae, Chenopodiales, Chitaleypushpum, Chitaloxylon, Contortae, Cremocarpon, Deccanocarpon, Deccanophyllum, Dicotylirhizos, Dicotylophyllum, Dilleniidae, Ebenales, Ericales, Furcula, Hamamelidae, Harrisocarpon, Juglandales, Lauriphyllum, Lecythioxylon, Menispermophyllum, Miconiiphyllum, Mohgaoanthus, Myricales, Myrtales, Myrtiflorae, Oleales, Ordinicutis, Parietales, Platanales, Polemoniales, Polygonales, Primulales, Quadricolpites, Ranales, Raoanthus, Retiacolpites, Rhamnales, Rosidae, Rubiales, Sahnianthus, Sahniocarpon, Salicales, Sarraceniales, Stephanocolpites, Thymeleales, Triorites, Triporocolpatus, Tubiflorae, Umbellales, Umbelliflorae, Urticales, Wingospermocarpon
Subtaxa: Capparidaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), India (8), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), India (1)
• Oligocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), India (1)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences