Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Parent taxon: Monocots according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Chandler 1962, Chandler 1964, Chandler 1978, Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1919, Knowlton 1926, Mabberley 2000, McIver and Basinger 1993, Puebla et al. 2019, Taylor et al. 2008 and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
Sister taxa: Acorales, Aglaoreidia, Arecaceae, Arecales, Asparagales, Commelinales, Commelinids, Dioscoreales, Liliaceae, Liliales, Pandanales, Petrosaviales, Poales, Zingiberales
Subtaxa: Acoropsis Acorus Anthuriophyllum Araceaeites Araceaepites Araceophyllum Aracispermum Arecites Arisaema Arisaemites Aronites Aronium Caladiosoma Campylospermum Cobbania Colocasia Colocasioideaepites Lemnoideae Monsteroideae Natantisphyllum Orontioideae Pandaniidites Peltandra Pistia Pistites Porosia Proxapertites Thrinax Typhonium
Type: Aquaephyllum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections), United States (2: Alaska, Florida)
• Pliocene of Germany (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Miocene of Germany (9), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (19), United States (1: Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (17), United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (29), Germany (1), India (3), Myanmar (49), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota), Venezuela (68), Yemen (1)
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (8), Canada (7: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Colombia (19), United States (15: Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming), Venezuela (58)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Canada (5: Alberta), Nigeria (1), South Sudan (1), Spain (1), United States (30: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 382 collections including 703 occurrences