Daphniphyllum was always thought to have an anomalous combination of characters and it was placed in several different orders before molecular phylogenetic analysis showed it to belong to Saxifragales.
Sempre se pensara que Daphniphyllum tiña unha combinación anómala de caracteres e foi colocada en diferentes ordes antes da análise molecular filoxenética que amosou que pertencía a Saxifragales.