Angiospermae - Typhales - Commelinidae
Parent taxon: Commelinidae according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Cyperales, Eriocaulales, Hydatellales, Juncales, Restionales
Subtaxa: Sparganiaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (18 collections), India (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Germany (9), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Denmark (2), Germany (41), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (16), Switzerland (3), United States (1: Nevada)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (13), the Russian Federation (12)
• Eocene of China (1), United States (5: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Paleocene of United States (6: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota)
• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (1), United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 152 collections including 204 occurrences