; Sp. Pl. 2: 693 (1753)
Distribution: warm-temp., subtrop., and tropical regions. Several genera might be spun off.
= Alyogyne Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 13: 12 (1863)
= Bamia (L.) R.Br. ex Wall.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 39 (1830)
= Bombix Medik.; Malv. 44 (1787)
= Bombycella Lindl.; Veg. Kingd. 370 (1847)
= Bombycidendron Zoll. & Moritzi; Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Neerl. Indie 2: 14 (1845)
= Bombyx Moench; Methodus: 616 (1794)
= Brockmania W.Fitzg.; J. Roy. Soc. W. Austral 3: 174 (1918)
= Bupariti Duhamel; Sem. Pl. Arbres, Addit., 5 (1760)
= Canhamo Perini; Prosp. Expl. Notice Cult. Canh. Braz.: 1 (1905)
= Cotyloplecta Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 13: 14 (1863)
= Erebennus Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 13: 14 (1863)
= Fioria Mattei; Bol. Ort. Bot. Palermo, n. s. 2: 71 (1917)
= Furcaria (DC.) Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Flora 5: 1856 (1836)
= Gourmania A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 263 (1917)
= Humbertianthus Hochr.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 474 (1948)
= Ketmia Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abridg. Ed. 4 (1754)
= Laguna Cav.; Diss. 2: App. 2 (1786) 3: 175, 1. 71, fig. 1 (1787)
= Macrostelia Hochr.; Not. Syst. 14: 230 (1953)
= Marconia Mattei; Revista Umbria Medica 2(14): 214 (1921)
= Montezuma Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prod. 1: 477 (1824)
= Muenchhusia Heist. ex Fabr.; Enum. Meth. Pl., ed. 2, 278 (1763)
= Pariti Adans.; Fam. 2: 401 (1763)
= Petitia Neck.; Elem. Bot. 2: 407 (1790), opus utique oppr.
= Polychlaena Garcke; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 56 (1867)
= Sabdariffa Kostel.; Allg. Med. Pharm. Fl. 5: 1857 (1836)
= Solandra Murray; Comm. Gotting. 6: 1783-84 (1785), 20. t. 1
= Symphyochlamys Gürke; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 379 (1903)
= Triguera Cav.; Diss. 1: 41 (1785), nom. rej.
= Trionaea Medik.; Malv. 45 (1787)
= Trionum L.; Sp. Pl. 241 (1758)
= Triplochiton Alef.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 13 (1863), nom. rej.
= Wilhelminia Hochr.; Nova Guinea 14: 160 (1924)