Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Ericales - (Family) Theaceae
Original position
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
				Historical positions
				
					
						| Theaceae (Family) Mirb. ex Ker Gawl. (1816), nom. cons. | 
							Ref: 
								
									D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 142, 852.
								 | 
						
						
							| Theoideae (Subfamily) | 
								Ref: 
									
										D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 852.
									 [alternative position] | 
							
							
								| Theeae (Tribe) | 
									Ref: 
										
											A. Takhtajan, 1997: 164.
										 | 
								
								
									| Angiospermophyta (Phylum) | 
										Ref: 
											
												L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 268.
											 [rough position] | 
									
									
										| Theaceae (Family) Mirb. ex Ker Gawl. (1816), nom. cons. | 
											Ref: 
												
													A. Cronquist, 1982: 385.
												 | 
										
										
											| Monadelphia Polyandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval. | 
												Ref: 
													
														C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 698.
													 | 
											
										
										Number of Subtaxa