Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Alternative spelling: Bombaceae
Parent taxon: Malvales according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae
Subtaxa: Bacutriporites Bombacacidites Bombacites Bombax Eriodendron Pachira
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (7 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), India (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (1), Colombia (21), Cuba (2), Germany (1), India (1), Jamaica (1), United States (52: Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas), Venezuela (12)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Argentina (1), United States (2: Virginia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), Colombia (12), United States (4: Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri), Venezuela (22)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Mexico (1), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 164 collections including 209 occurrences