†family Bixaceae Kunth 1822
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bixaceae
Parent taxon: Malvales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae
Subtaxa: Bixa Scolopioidea
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Kathgodam, Nainital (Miocene of India)