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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... There are approximatively 100–160 genera and 3,500–4,000 species in the family Rosaceae.
Rosaceae (/ r oʊ ˈ z eɪ s iː. iː,-s i. aɪ,-s i. eɪ /), [5] [6] the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. [7] [8] [9] The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but some are evergreen. [10]
Fabaceae (pea family) Vicia. Faba, an earlier synonym, is from a Latin plant name. [9] [65] [66] 780 genera, scattered worldwide [9] [67] Also known as legumes. Trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants. The roots are generally nitrogen-fixing. Staple foods include soybeans, peanuts, peas and various beans. Some species provide valuable gums ...
Within the order Rosales is the family Rosaceae, which includes numerous species that are cultivated for their fruit, making this one of the most economically important families of plants. Fruit produced by members of this family include apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, almonds, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
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List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland #5 — this page's list covers the dicotyledon family Rosaceae. Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extirpated species.
Rosa nutkana, the Nootka rose, [3] bristly rose, or wild rose is a 0.6–3.0-metre-tall (2–10-foot) perennial shrub in the rose family . [4] [5] [6] The species name nootka comes from the Nootka Sound of Vancouver Island, where the plant was first described. [7] This plant is native to Western North America. [6]
Although this family is very large and economically important worldwide, it is poorly represented in Africa generally and in southern Africa in particular. The genus name Leucosidea is a form of the Greek word λευκός ( leukos ), meaning "shining white", although in botany the root is more often used less specifically to indicate something ...