Most authors had placed them in Staphyleaceae and had placed that family in the order Sapindales. Armen Takhtajan established the family Tapisciaceae in 1987 and placed it in Sapindales, but this treatment was not followed by many others and it did not stand up to phylogenetic analysis.
The prevailing view among most authors had been to categorize them as Staphyleaceae and place that family within the order Sapindales. However, Armen Takhtajan proposed the creation of a new family, Tapisciaceae, in 1987 and placed it within Sapindales, but this classification was not widely accepted and ultimately proved to be incorrect.