Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Parent taxon: Poaceae according to Q. J. Wang and B. N. Sun 2014
See also Wang and Zhou 2013
Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Pennisetum, Phragmites, Palaeopyrum, Phyllostachys, Andropogon, Bromus, Leptaspis, Glumophyllum, Rhizocaulon, Setaria, Stipa, Stipidium, Arundinaria, Oryzopsis, Chaetochloa, Muhlenbergia, Sorghum, Palaeophragmites, Paleoeriocoma, Graminites, Humbertochloa, Bambusites, Poacites, Panicum, Graminophyllum, Saccharum, Festuca, Triticum, Oryza, Palaeoavena, Phalaris, Berriochloa
Subtaxa: Bambusiculmus Bambusium Dendrocalamus Graminidites
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of India (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), South Atlantic (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Australia (1), China (3), India (1), Peru (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (9), Australia (3)
• Oligocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Antarctica (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Australia (1), Cuba (1), Germany (1), India (2), United States (2: Alabama, Missouri)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Senegal (2)
Total: 52 collections including 61 occurrences