†family Lythraceae Saint-Hilaire 1805
PaleoDB taxon number: 55686
Parent taxon: Myrtales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Combretaceae, Crypteroniaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Myrtaceidites, Oliniaceae, Onagraceae, Penaeaceae, Punicaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Sonneratiaceae, Trapaceae
Subtaxa: Alatospermum, Ammannia, Cranmeria, Decodon, Enigmocarpon, Lagerstroemioxylon, Microdiptera, Minsterocarpum, Pachyspermum, Palaeolythrum, Sahnianthus, Tamesicarpum