Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Parent taxon: Caryophyllales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Achatocarpaceae, Aizoaceae, 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: Aerva Alternanthera Amaranthus Chenopodium Climacoptera Deeringia Leucosphaera Marcelliopsis Nucularia Patellifolia Pedersenia Psilotrichum Trichuriella Wadithamnus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), India (21), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Virginia, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), Germany (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), United States (3: Virginia)
Total: 39 collections including 43 occurrences