Grewioideae: 25 genera, 770 species; pantropical.
Byttnerioideae: 26 genera, 650 species; pantropical, South America.
TaxonomyIn
Apg3 classification Grewiaceae is treated a subfamily of Malvaceae, Grewioideae. In older taxonomies many genera were included in
Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae, both polyphyletic.
In the
Plant theory Grewioideae and Byttnerioideae are included in
Grewiaceae, treated as a family and placed in
Subphase 7.
Grewiaceae Grewioideae: Grewieae, Sparrmannieae
Grewieae: Eleutherostylis, Grewia, Lueheopsis, Tetralix
Sparrmannieae: Ancistrocarpus, Apeiba, Clappertonia, Colona, Corchorus, Desplatsia, Duboscia, Entelea, Erinocarpus, Glyphaea, Goethalsia, Heliocarpus, Hydrogaster, Luehea, Microcos, Mollia, Oceanopapaver, Pseudocorchorus, Sparrmannia, Trichospermum, Triumfetta, Vasivaea, Vinticena