; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 693 (1753)
Distribution: warm-temp., subtrop., and tropical regions. Several genera might be spun off.
= Bamia (L.) R.Br. ex Wall.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 1: 39 (1830)
= Bombix Medik.; Malvenfam. 44 (1787)
= Bombycella Lindl.; Veg. Kingd. 370 (1847)
= Bombyx Moench; Methodus [Moench] 616 (1794)
= Brockmania W.Fitzg.; J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 3: 174 (1918)
= Bupariti Duhamel; Semia Plantat. Arbr., Add. 5 (1760)
= Canhamo Perini; Prosp. Expl. Notice Cult. Canh. Braz. 1 (1905)
= Erebennus Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 14 (1863)
= Furcaria (DC.) Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1856 (1836)
= Gourmania A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 263 (1917)
= Helicteropsis Hochr.; Candollea 2: 156 (1925)
= Humbertianthus Hochr.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 20: 474 (1948)
= Ketmia Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4 (1754)
= Laguna Cav.; Diss. 2, Secunda Diss. Bot.: App. 2 (1786) 3: 175, 1. 71, fig. 1 (1787)
= Macrostelia Hochr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 230 (1953)
= Marconia Mattei; Revista Umbria Medica 2(14): 214 (1921)
= Montezuma Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 477 (1824)
= Muenchhusia Heist. ex Fabr.; Enum. [Fabricius], ed. 2: 278 (1763)
= Pariti Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 401 (1763)
= Petitia Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 2: 407 (1790), opus utique oppr.
= Polychlaena Garcke; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 56 (1867)
= Solandra Murray; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 6: 20, t. 1 (1783-1784 publ. 1785)
= Symphyochlamys Gürke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 379 (1903)
= Triguera Cav.; Diss. 3, Tertia Diss. Bot.: 1, Diss. Bot. Sida: 41 (1785), nom. rej.
= Trionaea Medik.; Malvenfam. 45 (1787)
= Triplochiton Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 13 (1863), nom. rej.
= Wilhelminia Hochr.; Nova Guinea 14: 160 (1924)