†family Dioscoreaceae Brown 1810
Monocotyledoneae - Dioscoreales - Liliidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 55854
Parent taxon: Dioscoreales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Smilacaceae, Varipilicutis
Subtaxa: Asterocalyx, Dioscorea, Dioscoreophyllum, Dioscorites, Prototamus, Rimilatericutis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"