Sterculioideae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genera: Acropogon – Brachychiton – Cola – Firmiana – Franciscodendron – Heritiera – Hildegardia – Octolobus – Pterocymbium – Pterygota – Scaphium – Sterculia

Palegenera: †Florissantia
Name

Sterculioideae Beilschm., Flora 16(Beibl. 7): 86. (1833)
Type genus: Sterculia L.

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Sterculiaceae Vent. (1807)

References

Beilschmied, C.T. 1833. Flora 16(Beibl. 7): 86.
Hassler, M. 2020. Sterculioideae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 12. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.

Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae[1][2] containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.

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

"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.