Aroideae

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Aroideae
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Aroideae

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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

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Taxonomy

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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
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