In 1991, a cladistic analysis was published for Ochnaceae.Maria do Carmo E. Amaral. 1991. "Phylogenetische Systematik der Ochnaceae". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte, und Pflanzengeographie 113(1):105-196. In that same year, Neckia, a 28th genus for Ochnoideae, was resurrected in a molecular phylogenetic study based on four chloroplast DNA loci, and nuclear ribosomal ITS. Seventy-nine species of Ochnaceae were sampled and a new classification was presented. Also, Testulea was removed from the tribe Sauvagesieae, and placed in the monotypic tribe Testuleeae.
