Aroideae

Aroideae
	Zantedeschia aethiopica
Scientific classification
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[edit]

It includes:^[1]

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
Heteroaridarum M. Hotta
Hestia P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
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.

Taxonomy[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
^ "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.

[1] Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7

[Mobot-2] "Alismatales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[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.

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