†family Crypteroniaceae de Candolle 1868
Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Crypteroniaceae
Parent taxon: Myrtales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alzateaceae, Combretaceae, Haloragidaceae, Heterocolpites, Hydrocaryaceae, Lythraceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Myrtaceidites, Oliniaceae, Onagraceae, Penaeaceae, Punicaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Sonneratiaceae, Trapaceae, Vochysiaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crypteroniaceae in the database