Aroideae

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Aroideae
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae

Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture.

Taxonomy

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May be subdivided into a series of twenty-five tribes:[1][2]

Genera

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It includes:[3]

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The cuckoo-pint or lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands

Monotypic genera within subtribes

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Arisaema triphyllum
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Calla palustris

References

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