Biology:Sterculioideae
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Short description: Subfamily of trees and shrubs
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| Sterculia foetida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae Beilschm. |
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Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae[1][2] containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.
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.[3]
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 Africa and Asia.
- Brachychiton clade of Australasian and New Caledonian species, including Brachychiton, Acropogon, Argyrodendron and Franciscodendron.
References
- ↑ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Malvales". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/orders/malvalesweb.htm#Malvales.
- ↑ "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Genera of Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae". United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1755.
- ↑ Wilkie, Peter; Clark, Alexandra; Pennington, R. Toby; Cheek, Martin; Bayer, Clemens; Wilcock, Chris C. (2006). "Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF". Systematic Botany 31 (1): 160–70. doi:10.1600/036364406775971714.
Wikidata ☰ Q159031 entry
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