This family currently (2015) comprises the following genera:
Bicuiba, Brochoneura, Cephalosphaera, Coelocaryon, Compsoneura, Doyleanthus, Endocomia, Gymnacranthera, Haematodendron, Horsfieldia, Iryanthera, Knema, Mauloutchia, Myristica, Osteophloeum, Otoba, Paramyristica, Pycnanthus, Scyphocephalium, Staudtia, Virola.