Family Adoxaceae Meyer 1839 (moschatel)
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
Synonym: Viburnaceae Raf
Parent taxon: Dipsacales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacaceae, Morinaceae, Valerianaceae
Subtaxa: Sambucus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (1 collection), Germany (3), Portugal (4)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Miocene of Germany (18), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (16), Switzerland (6)
• Oligocene of Germany (7), the Russian Federation (9)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 75 collections including 84 occurrences