Rousseaceae is a plant family in the order Asterales containing trees and shrubs. The fruit is a berry or capsule. Leaves are simple, with toothed margins. Leaf stipules are not seen in this group. The family contains three or four genera and twelve or thirteen species. From East Africa, New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia. Molecular analysis suggested that Abrophyllum, Cuttsia and Carpodetus used to be assigned to the Carpodetaceae, or as part of in the family Escalloniaceae, but more recent genetic analysis showed these genera are closely related to Roussea and not to the Escalloniaceae.