Aroideae
Subfamily of flowering plants
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::summary Subfamily of flowering plants ::
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Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture.
Taxonomy
Main article: List of Araceae genera
May be subdivided into a series of twenty-five tribes:
- Aglaonemateae
- Ambrosineae
- Anubiadeae
- Areae
- Arisaemateae
- Arisareae
- Arophyteae
- Caladieae
- Calleae
- Callopsideae
- Colocasieae
- Cryptocoryneae
- Culcasieae
- Dieffenbachieae
- Homalomeneae
- Nephthytideae
- Peltandreae
- Philodendreae
- Philonotieae
- Pistieae
- Schismatoglottideae
- Spathicarpeae
- Stylochaetoneae
- Thomsonieae
- Zantedeschieae
Genera
It includes: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Arum_maculatum_0_700.jpg" caption="The cuckoo-pint or lords and ladies (''[[Arum maculatum]]'') is a common arum in British woodlands"] ::
- Aglaodorum Schott
- Aglaonema Schott
- Alocasia (Schott) G. Don
- Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne.
- Ambrosina Bassi
- Anchomanes Schott
- Anubias Schott
- Apoballis Schott
- Aridarum Ridl.
- Ariopsis Nimmo
- Arisaema Mart.
- Arisarum Mill.
- Arophyton Jum.
- Arum L.
- Asterostigma Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
- Bakoa P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Bakoaella S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
- Biarum Schott
- Bognera Mayo & Nicolson
- Bucephalandra Schott
- Caladium Vent.
- Calla L.
- Callopsis Engl.
- Carlephyton Jum.
- Cercestis Schott
- Chlorospatha Engl.
- Colletogyne Buchet
- Colocasia Schott
- Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler
- Culcasia P. Beauv.
- Dieffenbachia Schott
- Dracunculus Mill.
- Eminium (Blume) Schott
- Fenestratarum P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Filarum Nicolson
- Furtadoa M. Hotta
- Gearum N. E. Br.
- Gorgonidium Schott
- Hapaline Schott
- Helicodiceros Schott
- Hestia P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Heteroaridarum M. Hotta
- Homalomena Schott
- Hottarum Bogner & Nicolson
- Incarum E.G.Gonç
- Jasarum G. S. Bunting
- Lagenandra Dalzell
- Mangonia Schott
- Montrichardia Crueg.
- Nephthytis Schott
- Ooia P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Peltandra Raf.
- Philodendron Schott
- Philonotion Schott
- Phymatarum M. Hotta
- Pinellia Ten.
- Piptospatha N. E. Br.
- Pistia L.
- Protarum Engl.
- Pseudodracontium N. E. Br.
- Pseudohydrosme Engl.
- Pursegloveia S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce
- Remusatia Schott
- Sauromatum Schott
- Scaphispatha Brongn. ex Schott
- Schismatoglottis Zoll. & Moritzi
- Schottarum P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
- Spathantheum Schott
- Spathicarpa Hook.
- Steudnera K. Koch
- Stylochaeton Lepr.
- Synandrospadix Engl.
- Syngonium Schott
- Taccarum Brongn. ex Schott
- Thaumatophyllum Schott
- Theriophonum Blume
- Typhonium Schott
- Typhonodorum Schott
- Ulearum Engl.
- Xanthosoma Schott
- Zantedeschia Spreng.
- Zomicarpa Schott
- Zomicarpella N. E. Br.
Monotypic genera within subtribes
- Ambrosina Bassi - A. bassii
- Calla L. - C. palustris (Bog arum)
- Callopsis Engl. - C. volkensii
- Pistia L. - P. stratiotes (Water lettuce)
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Arisaema_triphyllum.jpg" caption="''[[Arisaema triphyllum]]''"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Calla_palustris2.jpg" caption="''[[Calla palustris]]''"] ::
References
References
- "Alismatales".
- (2013). "Recent progress in the phylogenetics and classification of Araceae. Early Events in Monocot Evolution.". Cambridge University Press.
- Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]''. Timber Press. {{ISBN. 0-88192-485-7
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