Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae
Parent taxon: Sapindales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1963, Hickey 1977, Mabberley 2000 and MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Anacardiaceae, Aurantiaceae, Biebersteiniaceae, Cneoraceae, Coahuiloxylon, Dodonaeaceae, Ilicaceae, Kirkiaceae, Lampetia, Meliaceae, Nitrariaceae, Paleosantalaceaepites, Ptaeroxylaceae, Rutaceae, Sapindaceae, Simaroubaceae
Subtaxa: Barghoornia Boswellioxylon Bursera Burseraceoxylon Bursericarpum Burserites Burseroxylon Canariophyllum Canarioxylon Canarium Canarium Palaeobursera Protamyris Protocommiphora Santiria Sumatroxylon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (2), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of India (3), United States (1: California), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (3: Colorado)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Myanmar (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (19: California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: North Dakota)
• Paleogene of India (5)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 57 collections including 66 occurrences