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Rosaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Rose Family.

Key to Rosaceae

A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate.

Subfamily Rosoideae
      Tribe Ulmarieae: Filipendula
      Tribe Roseae: Rosa
      Tribe Rubeae: Dalibarda, Rubacer, Rubus
      Tribe Sanguisorbeae: Agrimonia, Poterium, Poteridium, Sanguisorba
      Tribe Potentilleae: Argentina, Potentilla, Aphanes, Dasiphora, Drymocallis, Fragaria, Sibbaldiopsis
      Tribe Coluriae: Geum, Waldsteinia
Subfamily Amygdaloideae
      Tribe Amygdaleae: Prunus
      Tribe Neillieae: Neillia, Physocarpus
      Tribe Sorbarieae: Sorbaria
      Tribe Spiraeeae: Aruncus, Spiraea
      Tribe Exochordeae: Exochorda
      Tribe Kerrieae: Kerria, Neviusia, Rhodotypos
      Tribe Gilleniae: Gillenia
      Tribe Maleae: Amelanchier, Crataegus, Pyracantha, Sorbus, Pyrus, Rhaphiolepis, Eriobotrya, Pseudocydonia, Chaenomeles, Photinia, Pourthiaea, Aronia, Cydonia, Malus

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Other Comments: {add to KEY C under 1a/1b (dependent upon ovary position!): Chaenomeles, Cydonia, Eriobotrya, Photinia, Pourthiaea, Pyracantha, Rhaphiolepis}

References: Chen et al. (2020a); Eriksson et al. (2003); Ertter (2007); Kalkman In Kubitzki et al. (2004); Phipps (2014a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014); Potter et al. (2007). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Rubus | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Rosaceae© Patrick Hacker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Patrick Hacker | Rosa source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image #3 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Amelanchier | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Rosaceae© Keith Bradley | Rubus | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Rosaceae© Alan Cressler: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Big Thompson River Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado 1 by Alan Cressler | Dasiphora floribunda source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Rosaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Prunus CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #7 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Spiraea | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Rosaceae© Aidan Campos | Rosa source
image #9 of Rosaceae© Alan Cressler: neviusia alabamensis, pigeon mountain, crockford-pigeon mountain wildlife management area, walker county, georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Neviusia source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Rosaceae© Alan Cressler: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Big Thompson River Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colorado 2 by Alan Cressler | Dasiphora floribunda source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Rosaceae© Keith Bradley | Crataegus
image #12 of Rosaceae© Keith Bradley | Prunus | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Potentilla | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Rosaceae© Erik Danielson | Agrimonia source | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Agrimonia | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming
image #18 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Potentilla | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Pyracantha | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Rosaceae© Scott Ward | Geum rivale | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Spiraea | Original Image ⭷
image #24 of Rosaceae© Paul Marcum | Geum source | Original Image ⭷
image #26 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Agrimonia | Original Image ⭷
image #28 of Rosaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Potentilla CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #30 of Rosaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Spiraea CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #32 of Rosaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Potentilla | Original Image ⭷
image #33 of Rosaceae© Scott Ward | Prunus
image #34 of Rosaceae© Paul Marcum | Malus toringo source | Original Image ⭷
image #35 of Rosaceae© Will Stuart | Aruncus | Original Image ⭷
image #36 of Rosaceae© Ron Lance | Crataegus lancei | Original Image ⭷

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