†family Butomaceae de Mirbel 1804
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Butomaceae
Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alismataceae, Aponogetonaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Maundiaceae, Pennipollis, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Thalassocharis, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Zosteraceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Butomaceae in the database