†family Pentaphylacaceae Engler 1897
Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
Parent taxon: Ericales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cleyera
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), United States (1: Vermont)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences