Parent taxon: Dicotyledones according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Mabberley 2000
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, Papaverales, Parietales, Platanales, Polemoniales, Polygonales, Priscaceae, Quadricolpites, Ranales, Raoanthus, Retiacolpites, Rhamnales, Rubiales, Sahnianthus, Sahniocarpon, Salicales, Sarraceniales, Stephanocolpites, Thymeleales, Triorites, Triporocolpatus, Tubiflorae, Umbellales, Umbelliflorae, Urticales, Wingospermocarpon
Subtaxa: Myrsinaceae Theophrastaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (30 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), India (8)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (2), Nepal (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), China (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Taiwan (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Japan (7), United States (1: Texas)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama, South Carolina)
Total: 62 collections including 65 occurrences