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There are approximatively 100–160 genera and 3,500–4,000 species in the family Rosaceae. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 108 genera. [1
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]
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.
annual: a plant species that completes its life cycle within a single year or growing season; basal: attached close to the base (of a plant or an evolutionary tree diagram) climber: a vine that leans on, twines around or clings to other plants for vertical support; deciduous: falling seasonally, as with bark, leaves or petals
Subfamilies, genera and species in the rose family Rosaceae. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ...
Rhizophoraceae (mangrove family) 989 Rosaceae: rose family; Amelanchier: serviceberries (juneberries or shadbushes) Amelanchier alnifolia: saskatoon Rosaceae (rose family) Amelanchier amabilis: lovely shadbush Rosaceae (rose family) Amelanchier arborea: downy serviceberry Rosaceae (rose family) 357 Amelanchier asiatica: Asian serviceberry ...
Rhaphiolepis (/ ˌ r æ f i ˈ ɒ l ɪ p ɪ s / RAF-ee-OL-ip-iss or / ˌ r æ f i oʊ ˈ l ɛ p ɪ s / RAF-ee-oh-LEP-iss) [2] is a genus of about fifteen species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical East Asia and Southeast Asia, from southern Japan, southern Korea and southern China, south to Thailand and Vietnam.
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 ...