See below Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae[1][2] containing evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub genera, that were previously placed in the obsolete family Sterculiaceae.
A 2006 molecular study indicated the Sterculioideae was most likely to be a monophyletic group, and that it had four major clades within it.
However, the relationships between the clades were not resolved.
[3] The clades consist of: