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 Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

and was first described by Hochreutiner. The group is named after its

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, ''

Grewia ''Grewia'' is a large flowering plant genus in the mallow family (biology), family Malvaceae, in the expanded sense as proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. Formerly, ''Grewia'' was placed in either the family Tiliaceae or the Sparrmanni ...

'', which is named for the English scientist

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(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 re ...

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. and the Apeiba clade, Apeibeae

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, on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.

Tribes and genera

The subfamily includes the following genera - accepted by Bayer & Kubitzki (2003) * Apeibeae

** '' Ancistrocarpus'' ** '' Apeiba'' ** '' Clappertonia'' ** ''

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 fi ...

'' ** '' Entelea'' ** '' Erinocarpus'' ** '' Glyphaea'' ** '' Heliocarpus'' ** '' Pseudocorchorus'' ** '' Sparrmannia'' ** '' Triumfetta'' * Grewieae Endl. ** '' Colona'' ** '' Desplatsia'' ** '' Duboscia'' ** '' Eleutherostylis'' ** '' Goethalsia'' ** ''

'' ** '' 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) Bu ...

'' ** '' Mollia'' ** '' Tetralix'' ** '' Trichospermum'' ** '' Vasivaea''

References

External links

* * * 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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q7181934 Rosid subfamilies