†family Santalaceae Brown 1810
Angiospermae - Santalales - Santalaceae
Synonyms: Amphorogynaceae Nickrent and Der , Cervantesiaceae Nickrent and Der , Comandraceae Nickrent and Der , Nanodeaceae Nickrent and Der , Thesiaceae Vest , Viscaceae Batsch
Parent taxon: Santalales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Anacolosidites, Balanophoraceae, Eremolepidaceae, Exocarpos, Loranthaceae, Medusandraceae, Misodendraceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Schoepfiaceae
Subtaxa: Choretrum Osyris Santalaceaepites Santalum Thesianthium
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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