Biology:Aroideae

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Short description: Subfamily of flowering plants

Aroideae
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 different genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture.

Genera

It includes:[1]

The cuckoo-pint or lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands
Calla palustris

Taxonomy

Main page: Biology:List of Araceae genera

May be subdivided into a series of twenty five tribes:[2][3]


References

  1. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN:0-88192-485-7
  2. "Alismatales". http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/alismatalesweb.htm#Aroideae. 
  3. 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.. 

Wikidata ☰ Q133666 entry