Aroideae

Aroideae
	Zantedeschia aethiopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae

Short description: Subfamily of flowering plants

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

Arisaema triphyllum

Calla palustris

Taxonomy

Main page: Biology:List of Araceae genera

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

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

[Mobot-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..

Aroideae

Zantedeschia aethiopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae