Sterculioideae

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title: "Sterculioideae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sterculioideae", "rosid-subfamilies"] description: "Subfamily of trees and shrubs" topic_path: "general/sterculioideae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculioideae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Subfamily of trees and shrubs ::

| image = Sterculia foetida (2334259875).jpg | image_caption = Sterculia foetida | taxon = Sterculioideae | authority = Beilschm. | type_genus = Sterculia | type_genus_authority = L. | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See below | synonyms = * Florissantoideae

• Coloideae

Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae containing evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub genera, that were previously placed in the obsolete family Sterculiaceae.

Taxonomy

A 2006 molecular study indicated the Sterculioideae was most likely to be a monophyletic group, and that it had four major clades within it. However, the relationships between the clades were not resolved.

The clades consist of:

• a Cola clade, with the genera Cola and Octolobus of Africa and Pterygota of Africa, South America and southeast Asia forming a subclade, Hildegardia and Firmiana forming a second and Scaphium and Pterocymbium a third.
• Heritiera clade comprising the genus Heritiera
• Sterculia clade comprising the large genus Sterculia of Australasia and Asia.
• Brachychiton clade of Australasian and New Caledonian species, including Brachychiton, Acropogon, Argyrodendron and Franciscodendron.

List of genera

1. Acropogon
2. Argyrodendron
3. Brachychiton Schott & Endl.
4. Cola Schott & Endl.
5. Firmiana Marsili
6. Franciscodendron B.Hyland & Steenis
7. Heritiera Aiton
8. Hildegardia Schott & Endl.
9. Octolobus Welw.
10. Pterocymbium R.Br.
11. Pterygota Schott & Endl.
12. Scaphium Schott & Endl.
13. Sterculia L.
14. †Florissantia (Knowlton) Manchester

References

References

1. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Malvales". [[Missouri Botanical Garden]].
2. "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Genera of Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae". [[United States Department of Agriculture]].
3. (2006). "Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ''ndhF''". Systematic Botany.

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