It contains all the genera accepted by Plants of the World Online (PoWO) as of December 2022[update].
[1] A few extra genus names are included that PoWO regards as synonyms.
Unless otherwise indicated, the placement of genera into sub-taxa is based on the taxonomy used by the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
In a 2021 molecular phylogenetic study, the Platysace clade and the genera Klotzschia and Hermas fell outside the four subfamilies.
[3] [6] [8] The NCBI Taxonomy Browser lists the tribes Saniculeae and Steganotaenieae in a separate subfamily, Saniculoideae.