Family Convolvulaceae de Jussieu 1789 (bindweed)
Angiospermae - Solanales - Convolvulaceae
Parent taxon: Solanales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Hydroleaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Montiniaceae, Nolanaceae, Solanaceae, Sphenocleaceae
Subtaxa: Convolvulites Convolvulus Cuscuta Diversiphyllum Evolvulus Ipomoea Perfotricolpites Porana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), India (8)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (5), Myanmar (14), United States (1: Colorado), Venezuela (7)
• Paleocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 49 collections including 52 occurrences