†family Commelinaceae de Mirbel 1804
Monocotyledoneae - Commelinales - Commelinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 55808
Parent taxon: Commelinales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Mayacaceae, Philydrum, Rapateaceae, Xyridaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"