Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Aizoaceae
Parent taxon: Caryophyllales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Achatocarpaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacampserotaceae, Ancistrocladaceae, Asteropeiaceae, Barbeuiaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Didiereaceae, Dioncophyllaceae, Droseraceae, Drosophyllaceae, Frankeniaceae, Gisekiaceae, Halophytaceae, Hantsia, Hectorellaceae, Kewaceae, Limeaceae, Lophiocarpaceae, Lymingtonia, Macarthuriaceae, Microteaceae, Molluginaceae, Montiaceae, Nepenthaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Petiveriaceae, Phenanthera, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Portulacaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Sarcobataceae, Simmondsiaceae, Stegnospermataceae, Talinaceae, Tamaricaceae
Subtaxa: Didymaotus Mitrophyllum Neohenricia Tetragonia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), India (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence