†family Eriocaulaceae Desvaux 1820
Angiospermae - Poales - Eriocaulaceae
Parent taxon: Poales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Bromeliaceae, Clementsiella, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Triticoides, Typhaceae, Vallisnerites, Xyridaceae, Yorkia
Subtaxa: Eriocaulon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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