└Embryophytes
└Polysporangiophytes
└Tracheophytes
└Euphyllophytes
└Lignophytes
└Spermatophytes
└Angiosperms
└Canellales
├Canellaceae
└Winteraceae
Early Cretaceous - present
Pollen found from Early Cretaceous
Tetrahedral tetrads, Walkeripollis (Doyle et al. 1992)
Two flowers from Late Cretaceous, Cronquistifolia and Detrusandra
Laminar stamens and monosulcate pollen (Crepet and Nixon 1998)