†family Sarcolaenaceae Caruel 1881
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sarcolaenaceae
Parent taxon: Malvales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sarcolaenaceae in the database