Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Parent taxon: Malvales according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chandler 1961, Hickey 1977 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae
Subtaxa: Brachychiton Byttneriophyllum Commersonia Dombeya Dombeyoxylon Firmianites Fremontia Heritiera Penosphyllum Pterospermites Pterospermoxylon Pterospermum Reevesia Sezannella Sphinxia Sterculinium Sterculiocarpus Sterculioxylon Sterculioxylon Sterculiphyllum Tarrietioxylon Triplochitioxylon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (11 collections)
• Pliocene of India (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), China (4), Germany (3), India (4), Kenya (2), New Zealand (1), Western Sahara (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), the United Kingdom (1), United States (58: Colorado, North Dakota, Oregon, Wyoming, Wyoming )
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (1), United States (18: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleogene of India (4)
• Cretaceous of United States (6: North Dakota)
Total: 131 collections including 136 occurrences