Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllidae - Caryophyllidae
Parent taxon: Dicotyledonae according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
See also McIver and Basinger 1993
Sister taxa: Anisophyllum, Araliopsoides, Asteridae, Campanulales, Campanulatae, 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, Papaverales, 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: Plumbaginales
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence