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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.
| Sterculioideae | |
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| 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 | |
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See below | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- Acropogon Schltr.
- Argyrodendron F.Muell.
- Brachychiton Schott & Endl.
- Cola Schott & Endl.
- Firmiana Marsili
- Franciscodendron B.Hyland & Steenis
- Heritiera Aiton
- Hildegardia Schott & Endl.
- Octolobus Welw.
- Pterocymbium R.Br.
- Pterygota Schott & Endl.
- Scaphium Schott & Endl.
- Sterculia L.
- †Florissantia (Knowlton) Manchester
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