Aroideae Explained

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]

Taxonomy

See main article: List of Araceae genera. May be subdivided into a series of twenty five tribes:^{[2] [3]}

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aglaonemateae Ambrosineae Anubiadeae Areae Arisaemateae Arisareae Arophyteae Caladieae Calleae Callopsideae Colocasieae Cryptocoryneae Culcasieae Dieffenbachieae Homalomeneae Nephthytideae Peltandreae Philodendreae Philonotieae Pistieae Schismatoglottideae Spathicarpeae Stylochaetoneae

Notes and References

1. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press.
2. Web site: Alismatales . www.mobot.org . 21 October 2023.
3. Book: Mayo . S.J. . Bogner . J. . Cusimano . N. . Recent progress in the phylogenetics and classification of Araceae. Early Events in Monocot Evolution. . 2013 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 208–242..