Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Parent taxon: Caryophyllales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Berry 1914, Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Achatocarpaceae, Aizoaceae, 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, Petiveriaceae, Phenanthera, Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Portulacaceae, Rhabdodendraceae, Sarcobataceae, Simmondsiaceae, Stegnospermataceae, Talinaceae, Tamaricaceae
Subtaxa: Boerhavia Nyctaginites Pisonia Quamoclidion
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1)
• Neogene of China (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence