Carpodetaceae Rousseaceae is a plant family in the order Asterales containing trees and shrubs.

From Mauritius, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and a few other Pacific Islands.

The genera Abrophyllum, Cuttsia and Carpodetus have been formerly placed in a separate family, Carpodetaceae, or within Escalloniaceae.

Roussea is sister to the remainder of the family and is most distanced from the other genera.

[2] family Campanulaceae (± cosmopolitan) Roussea(Mauritius) Abrophyllum Cuttsia Carpodetus(New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand) other Asterales families