Angiospermae - Asparagales - Orchidaceae
Parent taxon: Asparagales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Agapanthaceae, Agavaceae, Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Anthericaceae, Aphyllanthaceae, Asparagaceae, Asphodelaceae, Asteliaceae, Blandfordiaceae, Boryaceae, Cyanastraceae, Doryanthaceae, Eriospermaceae, Heliotropites, Hemerocallidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Iridaceae, Ixioliriaceae, Lanariaceae, Luzuriagaceae, Phormiaceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Trilliaceae, Xeronemataceae
Subtaxa: Aulosepalum Echinosepala Epidendroideae Eriodes Maxillaria Neomoorea Nidema Orchidacites Orchidoideae Pelexia Sanderella Sirhookera Vandopsis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences