Sterculioideae
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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
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
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- Argyrodendron Template:Au
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- Scaphium Schott & Endl.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Sterculia L.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References
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