Dichorisandrinae is a subtribe within the tribe Tradescantieae of the flowering plant family Commelinaceae.

[1] Not only is this subtribe remarkable for the range of morphological and ecological variation within it, but it also includes species that represent novel exceptions to the terrestrial habit, longitudinally-dehiscent anthers, and/or exarillate seeds typical of the family.

Exceptional taxa include Dichorisandra, characterized by the unusual combination of a vining habit, poricidal anthers, and arillate seeds.

Cochliostema is atypical in having an epiphytic habit and flowers with spirally-coiled anthers concealed in petaloid extensions of the filament.

Geogenanthus is distinguished by a particular 6-celled stomatal complex and basal axillary inflorescences.