Sparrmanniaceae is a segregate, probably obsolete, plant family, containing plants which have more commonly been classified in

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar o ...

Tiliaceae Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical r ...

. In the most recent proposed circumscription, that of Cheek ex Heywood et al., it corresponds to subfamily

Grewioideae Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae and was first described by Hochreutiner. The group is named after its type genus, '' Grewia'', which is named for the English scientist Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712). It contains a number of gen ...

of the APG family Malvaceae.Kubitzki & Bayer, Families and Genera of Vascular Plants V (2005)

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Grewioideae Historically recognized angiosperm families {{Malvales-stub