PaleoDB taxon number: 54956
Parent taxon: Monocotyledonae according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alismales, Alismatales, Arecales, Arecidae, Arundo, Commelinacea, 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: Commelinales, Cyperales, Eriocaulales, Hydatellales, Juncales, Restionales, Typhales
Ecology: "photoautotroph"