†family Paeoniaceae Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Paeoniaceae
Parent taxon: Saxifragales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Altingiaceae, Ambaroxylon, Aphanopetalaceae, Cercidiphyllaceae, Crassulaceae, Cynomoriaceae, Daphniphyllaceae, Escalloniiphyllum, Grossulariaceae, Haloragaceae, Haloragis, Hamamelidaceae, Iteaceae, Penthoraceae, Peridiscaceae, Saxifragaceae, Tetracarpaeaceae
Subtaxa: Paeonia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paeoniaceae in the database