Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Parent taxon: Ericales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chandler 1962, Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Germany (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Japan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Denmark (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (33), Japan (5), Peru (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Idaho, Nevada), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), the Russian Federation (6)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Tertiary of Japan (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 75 collections including 99 occurrences