Orontioideae

Orontioideae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Orontioideae

Orontioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The subfamily consists of three genera namely, Orontium (golden club, one species from eastern North America), Lysichiton (one to two species of skunk cabbage from North America and Asia), and Symplocarpus (several species of skunk cabbage from North America and Asia). Characteristics of Orontioideae include medium sized pollen grains and subterranean stems. Species in the subfamily have a base chromosome number of X=13.

References

• Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J., and Boyce, J.C. (1998) The genera of Araceae project, Acta Botanica Yunnanica.
• Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7