Family Zosteraceae Dumortier 1829
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Zosteraceae
Alternative spelling: Zosteroideae
Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Daghlian 1981, den Hartog 1970, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Alismataceae, Aponogetonaceae, Butomaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Maundiaceae, Pennipollis, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Thalassocharis, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae
Subtaxa: Archaeozostera Phyllospadix
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Cretaceous of Japan (10)
Total: 13 collections including 40 occurrences