Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
and was first described by
Hochreutiner.
[ The group is named after its ]type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...
, ''Grewia
''Grewia'' is a large flowering plant genus in the mallow family Malvaceae, in the expanded sense as proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Formerly, Grewia was placed in either the family Tiliaceae or the Sparrmanniaceae. However, these ...
'',[ which is named for the English scientist ]Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew (26 September 164125 March 1712) was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy".
Biography
Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew (1607–1688), Nonconformist divine and vicar of St Micha ...
(1641-1712). It contains a number of genera that were previously placed in the defunct family Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical record o ...
.
Description
Within the Malvaceae, this subfamily has its inflorescences opposite the leaves, the corollas are usually clawed, and there is a nectar-bearing hair carpet at the base of the petals[ and there are numerous dithecal stamens.][ The fruit is fleshy or capsular with spines, and the seeds are winged.][ The group is thought to have originated about 42 (± 15) million years ago.][
]
Taxonomy
Ulrike Brunken & Alexandra Muellner divide the Grewioideae into two clades, the Grewia clade, Grewieae Endl.
Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...
and the Apeiba clade, Apeibeae Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
, on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.[
]
Tribes and genera
The subfamily includes the following genera - accepted by Bayer & Kubitzki (2003)[
*Apeibeae ]Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
** ''Ancistrocarpus
''Ancistrocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance in ...
''
** '' Apeiba''
** ''Clappertonia
''Clappertonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa.
Species:
*''Clappertonia ficifolia''
*''Clappertonia minor''
*''Clappertonia polyandra''
References
{{Taxonbar, f ...
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** ''Corchorus
''Corchorus'' is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.
Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the f ...
''
** ''Entelea
''Entelea arborescens'' or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. ''E. arborescens'' is the only species in the genus ''Entelea''. A shrub or small tree to 6 m with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, ...
''
** '' Erinocarpus''
** ''Glyphaea
''Glyphaea'' is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Grewioideae; it was previously placed in the Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classi ...
''
** ''Heliocarpus
''Heliocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It was formerly classified in the Tiliaceae.
Species
* ''Heliocarpus americanus''
* ''Heliocarpus popayanensis''
* ''Heliocarpus terebinthaceus
''Heliocarpus'' is a genu ...
''
** '' Pseudocorchorus''
** ''Sparrmannia
''Sparrmannia'' is an African genus of plants in the family Malvaceae.
Species
Plants of the World Online lists the following species as accepted:
* ''Sparrmannia africana'' L.f.
* ''Sparrmannia palmata'' Baker
* ''Sparrmannia ricinocarpa
' ...
''
** ''Triumfetta
''Triumfetta'' is a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, ...
''
* Grewieae Endl.
Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...
** '' Colona''
** '' Desplatsia''
** ''Duboscia
''Duboscia'' is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs from the Ivory Coast to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG classi ...
''
** '' Eleutherostylis''
** '' Goethalsia''
** ''Grewia
''Grewia'' is a large flowering plant genus in the mallow family Malvaceae, in the expanded sense as proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Formerly, Grewia was placed in either the family Tiliaceae or the Sparrmanniaceae. However, these ...
''
** '' Hydrogaster''
** '' Luehea''
** '' Lueheopsis''
** ''Microcos
''Microcos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae.
Species
'' Plants of the World Online'' lists:
* '' Microcos africana'' (Hook.f.) Burret
* '' Microcos antidesmifolia'' (King) B ...
''
** ''Mollia
Mollia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli.
Mollia borders the following municipalities: Alto Sermenza, Boccioleto, Camper ...
''
** '' Tetralix''
** '' Trichospermum''
** '' Vasivaea''
References
External links
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*
* Hochreutiner, B.P.G. 1914
Notes sur les Tiliacées avec descriptions d’espèces, de sections et de sous-familles nouvelles ou peu connues.
''Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botanique de Genève'' 18: 68–128.
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Rosid subfamilies