Aroideae
| Aroideae | |
|---|---|
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| Zantedeschia aethiopica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
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
[edit]May be subdivided into a series of twenty-five tribes:[1][2]
- Aglaonemateae Engler
- Ambrosineae Schott
- Anubiadeae Engler
- Areae Duby
- Arisaemateae Nakai
- Arisareae Dumortier
- Arophyteae A. Lemée ex Bogner
- Caladieae Schott
- Calleae Bartling
- Callopsideae Engler
- Colocasieae Brongniart
- Cryptocoryneae Wydler
- Culcasieae Engler
- Dieffenbachieae Schott
- Homalomeneae Schott
- Nephthytideae Engl.
- Peltandreae Engler
- Philodendreae Schott
- Philonotieae S.Y. Wong & P.C. Boyce
- Pistieae Lecoq & Juillet
- Schismatoglottideae Nakai
- Spathicarpeae Schott
- Stylochaetoneae
- Thomsonieae Blume
- Zantedeschieae Engler
Genera
[edit]It includes:[3]
- 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
[edit]- Ambrosina Bassi - A. bassii
- Calla L. - C. palustris (Bog arum)
- Callopsis Engl. - C. volkensii
- Pistia L. - P. stratiotes (Water lettuce)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Aroideae.
- ↑ "Alismatales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ Mayo, S.J.; Bogner, J.; Cusimano, N. (2013). Recent progress in the phylogenetics and classification of Araceae. Early Events in Monocot Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 208–242.
- ↑ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7