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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q133666 entry

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