Under the older Cronquist system it was included in Lamiales, but it is now clear that it is no more similar to the other families in this order than they are to families in several other asterid orders.
Baixo o antigo Sistema de Cronquist incluíase nas Lamiales, pero agora recoñécese que non son máis similares ás outras familias desta orde, do que son ás de varios outras ordes de Asteridae.