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.

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

Genera

The cuckoo-pint or lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands
Cyrtosperma johnstonii
Wolffia arrhiza and Spirodela polyrhiza (the larger plant)

Taxonomy

May be subdivided into a series of twenty six tribes, including Zantedeschieae, Thomsonieae, Stylochaetoneae, Zamioculcadeae, Philonotieae, Cryptocoryneae, Schismatoglottideae, Anubiaceae, Callopsideae, Culcasieae, Philodendreae, Homalomeneae, Aglaonemateae, Nephthytideae, Spathicarpeae, Caladieae, Arisareae, Peltandreae, Arophyteae, Colocasieae, Arisaemateae, Areae, and Pistieae.

References

  • Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
  • Stevens, Peter F. (2001). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Araceae". Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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