Sterculioideae

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 .

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 Africa and Asia.
Brachychiton clade of Australasian and New Caledonian species, including Brachychiton , Acropogon , Argyrodendron and Franciscodendron .

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 .

[APW-1] "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Malvales" . Missouri Botanical Garden .

[GRIN-2] "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Genera of Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae" . United States Department of Agriculture .

[wilkie06-3] 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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