Hippocrateaceae Juss. previously consisted of about 150 tropical and subtropical species of shrubs and lianes, and is now included in the family Celastraceae. Formerly it comprised the following genera:

• Anthodon
• Apodostigma
• Arnicratea
• Baequaertia
• Campylostemon
• Cheiloclinium
• Cuervea
• Elachyptera
• Helictonema
• Hippocratea
• Hylenaea
• Loeseneriella
• Peritassa
• Prionostemma
• Pristimera
• Reissantia
• Salacia
• Salacighia
• Salaciopsis
• Semialarium
• Simicratea
• Simirestis
• Thyrsosalacia
• Tontelea
• Tristemonanthus