Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Full reference: F. v. Berchtold and J. S. Presl. 1820. O Přirozenosti Rostlin. 1
Parent taxon: Campanulids according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Jud 2011, Mabberley 2000, McIver and Basinger 1993 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Apiales, Aquifoliales, Asterales, Bruniales, Escalloniales, Paracryphiales, Quintiniaceae
Subtaxa: Adoxaceae Caprifoliaceae Dipsacaceae Morinaceae Valerianaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (20), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)
• Pliocene of China (3), Germany (4), Japan (1), Portugal (5)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1), Japan (2)
• Miocene of China (2), Germany (21), Japan (5), Nepal (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (17), Switzerland (7), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Germany (7), the Russian Federation (11)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Korea (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (3), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (15: California, Colorado, North Dakota, Washington)
• Clarkforkian of United States (12: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (13: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: British Columbia), China (1), United States (5: South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 188 collections including 236 occurrences