The Uleiellaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes. The family contains the single genus Uleiella, which has two species.
The genus was circumscribed by Joseph Schröter in Hedwigia vol.33 Beibl.: 65 in 1894.
The genus name of Uleiella is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854âÂÂ1915), who was a German botanist and plant collector.
As accepted by Species Fungorum;