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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.

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Aroideae
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Scientific classification Edit this 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

May be subdivided into a series of twenty-five tribes:12

Genera

It includes:3

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

Monotypic genera within subtribes

Arisaema triphyllum source ↗
Calla palustris source ↗
References

References

  1. "Alismatales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7