Sterculioideae

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.

Sterculioideae
Sterculia foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae Beilschm.
Type genus
Sterculia L.
Genera
See below
Synonyms
†Florissantoideae Coloideae

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

1. Acropogon Schltr.
2. Argyrodendron F.Muell.
3. Brachychiton Schott & Endl.
4. Cola Schott & Endl.
5. Firmiana Marsili
6. Franciscodendron B.Hyland & Steenis
7. Heritiera Aiton
8. Hildegardia Schott & Endl.
9. Octolobus Welw.
10. Pterocymbium R.Br.
11. Pterygota Schott & Endl.
12. Scaphium Schott & Endl.
13. Sterculia L.
14. †Florissantia (Knowlton) Manchester