Family Elaeagnaceae de Jussieu 1789 (oleaster)
Angiospermae - Rosales - Elaeagnaceae
Parent taxon: Rosales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Su and Zhou 2014
Sister taxa: Barbeyaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Cannabaceae, Davidsoniaceae, Dialypetalanthaceae, Dirachmaceae, Drupaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Mimosaceae, Papilionaceae, Pomaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (4 collections)
• Pliocene of China (1)
• Miocene of Poland (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence