Family Xyridaceae Agardh 1823 (yellow-eyed grass)
Angiospermae - Poales - Xyridaceae
Parent taxon: Poales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Bromeliaceae, Clementsiella, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Triticoides, Typhaceae, Vallisnerites, Yorkia
Subtaxa: Xyris
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence