Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Parent taxon: Malpighiales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Achariaceae, Balanopaceae, Balanops, Bonnetiaceae, Calophyllaceae, Caryocaraceae, Centroplacaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Clusiaceae, Ctenolophonaceae, Ctenolophonidites, Dichapetalaceae, Elatinaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Euphroniaceae, Goupiaceae, Humiriaceae, Hypericaceae, Irvingiaceae, Ixonanthaceae, Lacistemataceae, Linaceae, Longetia, Lophopyxidaceae, Ochnaceae, Pandaceae, Passifloraceae, Peraceae, Petalostigma, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, Podostemaceae, Putranjivaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Salicaceae, Trigoniaceae, Violaceae
Subtaxa: Banisteria Banisteriaecarpum Banisteriophyllum Byrsonima Hiptage Hiraea Malpighiastrum Perisyncolporites Stigmaphyllon Thryallioxylon Trialata Verrucularina
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (3 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Nepal (1), Peru (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (1), Panama (5), Peru (1), Poland (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (15), Venezuela (1)
• Paleogene of India (2)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences