†family Typhaceae de Jussieu 1789
Monocotyledoneae - Commelinidae - Commelinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 55817
Parent taxon: Typhales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxon: Sparganiaceae
Subtaxa: Typha, Typhacites, Typhaeloipum, Typhaephyllum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"