Durioneae is a tribe within the subfamily Helicteroideae of the plant family Malvaceae s.l.

[1][2] The tribe contains at least five genera, including Durio, the genus of tree species that produce Durian fruits.

However, certain characters (pollen morphology, androecial vasculature, and wood anatomy, for example) support a closer relationship to the Malvoideae than to the Helicteroideae for these two genera.

[3] Durioneae has traditionally been placed within the Bombacaceae because of the combination of monothecate anthers, smooth pollen, and tree habit.

[3] In certain recent circumscriptions of the mallow family, the Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae form an expanded family Malvaceae that also includes traditional Malvaceae and Tiliaceae.