Kingdom/Regno: Plantae (Plants/Piante)
Subkingdom/Sottoregno: Tracheobionta (Vascular plants/Piante vascolari)
Superdivision/Superdivisione: Spermatophyta (Seed plants/Piante con semi)
Division/Divisione: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants/Piante con fiori)
Class/Classe: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons/Dicotiledoni)
Subclass/Sottoclasse: Dilleniidae
Order/Ordine: Malvales
Family/Famiglia: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Genus/Genere: Kydia Roxb.

Species/Specie:
1) Kydia angustifolia Arn. [Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(1):322. 1836] (= Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thwaites)
2) Kydia axillaris Thwaites [G. H. K. Thwaites & J. D. Hooker, Enum. pl. zeyl. 30. 1858] (= Dicellostyles axillaris (Thwaites) Benth.)
3) Kydia calycina Roxb. [Pl. Coromandel 3:11, 12, t. 215. 1811 ("1819")]
4) Kydia jujubifolia Griff. [Not. pl. asiat. 4:534. 1854]