Aroideae
| Aroideae | |
|---|---|
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| Zantedeschia aethiopica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 different genera, and 2,300 species. Plants in Aroideae are characteristic of having spiny pollen without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and an aperature.
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)
- Aglaodorum Schott
- Aglaonema Schott
- Alocasia (Schott) G. Don
- Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne.
- Ambrosina Bassi
- Anchomanes Schott
- Anubias Schott
- Aridarum Ridl.
- Ariopsis Nimmo
- Arisaema Mart.
- Arisarum Mill.
- Arophyton Jum.
- Arum L.
- Asterostigma Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
- Biarum Schott
- Bognera Mayo & Nicolson
- Bucephalandra Schott
- Caladium Vent.
- Calla L.
- Callopsis Engl.
- Carlephyton Jum.
- Cercestis Schott
- Chlorospatha Engl.
- Colletogyne Buchet
- Colocasia Schott
- Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler
- Culcasia P. Beauv.
- Dieffenbachia Schott
- Dracunculus Mill.
- Eminium (Blume) Schott
- Filarum Nicolson
- Furtadoa M. Hotta
- Gearum N. E. Br.
- Gorgonidium Schott
- Hapaline Schott
- Helicodiceros Schott
- Heteroaridarum M. Hotta
- Homalomena Schott
- Hottarum Bogner & Nicolson
- Jasarum G. S. Bunting
- Lagenandra Dalzell
- Mangonia Schott
- Montrichardia Crueg.
- Nephthytis Schott
- Peltandra Raf.
- Philodendron Schott
- Phymatarum M. Hotta
- Pinellia Ten.
- Piptospatha N. E. Br.
- Pistia L.
- Protarum Engl.
- Pseudodracontium N. E. Br.
- Pseudohydrosme Engl.
- Remusatia Schott
- Sauromatum Schott
- Scaphispatha Brongn. ex Schott
- Schismatoglottis Zoll. & Moritzi
- Spathantheum Schott
- Spathicarpa Hook.
- Steudnera K. Koch
- Stylochaeton Lepr.
- Synandrospadix Engl.
- Syngonium Schott
- Taccarum Brongn. ex Schott
- Theriophonum Blume
- Typhonium Schott
- Typhonodorum Schott
- Ulearum Engl.
- Xanthosoma Schott
- Zantedeschia Spreng.
- Zomicarpa Schott
- Zomicarpella N. E. Br.
Taxonomy
Main article: List of Araceae genera
May be subdivided into a series of twenty six tribes, including Zantedeschieae, Thomsonieae and Pistieae.
References
- Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
- Stevens, Peter F. (2001 onwards). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Araceae". Retrieved 29 April 2014. Check date values in:
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