| Common Names - | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Salisb. | Total Number of genera - 12 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 300 |
| Plant forms - Tree, subshrub/Herb | |
| World Distribution - Tropical & warm places, especially Austrailasia. tropics and sub-tropics plus entire Australia. Mostly woody plants, but range from herbaceous plants up to large trees. APG II debates either including it in order Caryophyllales or reinstating the order Dilleniales for just this one family, but decides to leave it unplaced. | |
| Comments - Some timbers, especially in Dillenia. | |
| 1 - Acrotrema. 2 - Curatella. 3 - Davilla. 4 - Didesmandra. 5 - Dillenia. 6 - Doliocarpus. 7 - Hibbertia. 8 - Neowormia. 9 - Pachynema. 10 - Pinzona. 11 - Schumacheria. 12 - Tetracera. 13 - Wormia. |