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: