Family Calycanthaceae Lindley 1819
Angiospermae - Laurales - Calycanthaceae
Parent taxon: Laurales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Atherospermataceae, Crassidenticulum, Densinervum, Gomortegaceae, Hernandiaceae, Landonia, Lauraceae, Laurelites, Monimiaceae, Olmosoxylon, Pabiania, Pandemophyllum, Patagoxylon, Siparunaceae, Tetrantheroidea, Timothyia
Subtaxa: Virginianthus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Puddledock locality (Cretaceous of Virginia)