†family Balanophoraceae Richard 1822
Angiospermae - Santalales - Balanophoraceae
Parent taxon: Santalales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Anacolosidites, Eremolepidaceae, Exocarpos, Loranthaceae, Medusandraceae, Misodendraceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Santalaceae, Schoepfiaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Balanophoraceae in the database