Lindley Excentrodendroideae Helmiopsideae [1] Dombeyoideae is a widely distributed subfamily of the Malvaceae, as proposed by the APG.

Most of the plants placed here were once assembled with more or less related genera in the paraphyletic Sterculiaceae; a lesser number were placed in the Tiliaceae which were also not monophyletic.

[2] The subfamily is sometimes further divided into tribes (Corchoropsideae, Dombeyeae, Eriolaeneae, Helmiopsideae), but this is more often considered unwarranted.

Others – namely from the type genus Dombeya – are popular ornamental plants due to their beautiful flowers.

Trochetia is famous for the peculiar coloured nectar it can produce, and it often is pollinated by Phelsuma geckos.