Complex sentence: It is considered sister to a clade comprising the Theophrastaceae, so it may be treated as part of that family or in its own monogeneric family, the Samolaceae; the latter option is not uncommon, but at present the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website recommends the former.
Split into simpler sentences: It is considered sister to a clade comprising the Theophrastaceae, so it may be treated as part of that family or in its own monogeneric family, the Samolaceae. Although the latter option is not uncommon, at present the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website recommends the former.