(2006) confirmed this classification, whereas Romeira et al (2016) suggest only one tribe.The subfamily is now classified either in family Amaranthaceae "sensu lato", or in Chenopodiaceae "sensu stricto", (excluding the subfamily Polycnemoideae, as the other subfamilies of Chenopodiaceae, Betoideae, Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodioideae, Corispermoideae, Salicornioideae, Salsoloideae, and Suaedoideae, form a monophyletic group which is distinct from the Amaranthaceae "s.