See text Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae and was first described by Hochreutiner.

Within the Malvaceae, this subfamily has its inflorescences opposite the leaves, the corollas are usually clawed, and there is a nectar-bearing hair carpet at the base of the petals[1] and there are numerous dithecal stamens.

[3] The fruit is fleshy or capsular with spines, and the seeds are winged.

and the Apeiba clade, Apeibeae Benth., on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.

[3] The subfamily includes the following genera - accepted by Bayer & Kubitzki (2003)[5]