Sterculioideae
| Sterculioideae | |
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| Sterculia foetida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae Beilschm. |
| Type genus | |
| Sterculia L.
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| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae[1][2] containing evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub genera, that were previously placed in the obsolete family Sterculiaceae.
Taxonomy
[edit]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 Australasia and Asia.
- Brachychiton clade of Australasian and New Caledonian species, including Brachychiton, Acropogon, Argyrodendron and Franciscodendron.
List of genera
[edit]- Acropogon Schltr.
- Argyrodendron F.Muell.
- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Malvales". Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Genera of Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae". United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ 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.