Sterculioideae

Short description: Subfamily of trees and shrubs

Sterculioideae

Sterculia foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malvales
Family:  | Malvaceae
Subfamily:  | Sterculioideae
Beilschm.
Genera

* Acropogon
* Argyrodendron
* Brachychiton Schott & Endl.
* Cola Schott & Endl.
* Firmiana Marsili
* Franciscodendron B.Hyland & Steenis
* Heritiera Aiton
* Hildegardia Schott & Endl.
* Octolobus Welw.
* Pterocymbium R.Br.
* Pterygota Schott & Endl.
* Scaphium Schott & Endl.
* Sterculia L.
* †Florissantia (Knowlton) Manchester

Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae[1][2] containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.

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

1. ↑ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Malvales". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/orders/malvalesweb.htm#Malvales.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ 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.

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