Botany: 3 genera, 3 species; Dicraspidia, Muntingia, Neotessmannia.
Botany: woody; tropical America.
TaxonomyThe older Cronquist System places these genera in the
Tiliaceae family. In the
Apg3 classification Muntingiaceae is a subgroup with
Cistaceae in
Malvales.
In the
Plant theory Muntingiaceae is placed in
Subphase 6 in the
Cistales.