†order Arecales Bromhead 1840
PaleoDB taxon number: 54950
Parent taxon: Monocotyledonae according to N. A. Jud 2011
Sister taxa: Alismales, Alismatales, Arecidae, Arundo, Commelinacea, Commelinidae, Doryanthites, Dracaenites, Florentinites, Glumiflorae, Graminales, Halocharis, Heliconiaites, Helobiae, Hypoglossidium, Isselia, Liliidae, Microrrhagion, Monocotylophyllum, Monoporites, Monosulcites, Najadales, Nypaceae, Palmales, Palmoidopteris, Pandanites, Phylladelphia, Phyllotaenia, Podostachys, Principes, Ravenalospermum, Restioniidites, Sabalpollenites, Scitamineae, Sparganiaceaepollenites, Spathiflorae, Stellatopollis, Viracarpon, Zingiberidae, Zosterites
Subtaxa: Arecaceae, Arecipites, Clavamonocolpites, Longapertites, Palmae, Spinizonocolpites
Ecology: "photoautotroph"