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Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales.

[1] It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species[2] of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics.

The family was formerly restricted to just Metteniusa, but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae.

As of June 2016[update], the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera:[3]