Sparrmanniaceae is a segregate, probably obsolete, plant family, containing plants which have more commonly been classified in Malvaceae or Tiliaceae.
In the most recent proposed circumscription, that of Cheek ex Heywood et al.,Heywood et al., Flowering Plant Families of the World (2007) it corresponds to subfamily Grewioideae of the APG family Malvaceae.Kubitzki & Bayer, Families and Genera of Vascular Plants V (2005)
Genera formerly included in the Sparrmanniaceae:
Ancistrocarpus Apeiba Clappertonia Colona Corchorus Desplatsia Duboscia Eleutherostylis Entelea Erinocarpus Glyphaea Goethalsia Grewia Heliocarpus Hydrogaster Luehea Lueheopsis Microcos Mollia Pseudocorchorus Sparrmannia Tetralix Trichospermum Triumfetta Vasivaea Vinticena
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