Rosaceae
Rosaceae (pronunciation: /roʊˈzeɪsiː/ roh-ZAY-see) is a large family of flowering plants, including about 90 genera and about 2500 species.
Etymology
The name Rosaceae comes from the type genus Rosa. Among the most species-rich genera are Alchemilla (270), Sorbus (260), Crataegus (260), Cotoneaster (260), Rubus (250), and Prunus (200) which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds.
Description
Members of the family are found worldwide, but are most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Several economically important products come from the Rosaceae, including many edible fruits (such as apples, pears, quinces, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, raspberries, loquats, and strawberries), almonds, and ornamental trees and shrubs (such as roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns).
Genera
The family Rosaceae includes a broad range of genera, some of which include: Rosa, Rubus, Prunus, Pyrus, Malus, Fragaria, Sorbus, Crataegus, and Alchemilla.
Related Terms
- Rosa: A genus of the Rosaceae family, which includes over 300 species and thousands of cultivars of roses.
- Rubus: A large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae.
- Prunus: A genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds.
- Pyrus: The pear is any of several tree and shrub species of genus Pyrus, in the family Rosaceae.
- Malus: A genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple.
- Fragaria: The strawberry is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits.
- Sorbus: A genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae.
- Crataegus: Commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, or hawberry, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae.
- Alchemilla: A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name "lady's mantle" applied generically as well as specifically to Alchemilla mollis when referred to as garden plant.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Rosaceae
- Wikipedia's article - Rosaceae
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