Angiospermae - Rosales - Urticaceae
Parent taxon: Rosales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Jud 2011, Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Barbeyaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Cannabaceae, Davidsoniaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Dirachmaceae, Drupaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Mimosaceae, Papilionaceae, Pomaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Ulmaceae
Subtaxa: Cecropia Forskohleanthium Lebephyllum Pilea Pouzolzia Sarcochlamys Urtica Urticicarpum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (22), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (20), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of Germany (5), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene of Germany (3), India (1), the Russian Federation (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Myanmar (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), China (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: North Dakota)
Total: 88 collections including 96 occurrences