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Rosaceae

Rosaceae
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Cecelia Alexander
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JANAS 33(1)
LEAVES: alternate (except Coleogyne), stipulate, simple to compound or dissected. PLANT: Plants herbaceous or woody. INFLORESCENCE: usually more or less cymose. FLOWERS: perfect, actinomorphic, often bearing 5 bracteoles; hypanthium bearing sepals, petals, and stamens; sepals usually 5; petals usually 5, distinct, often showy; stamens usually 10 many in whorls of 5; receptacle sometimes enlarged; pistils 1 many, each of 1 5 carpels, the ovaries superior to inferior. FRUIT: an achene, follicle, drupe, pome, hip, aggregate or accessory. x = 7 9, 14 17. NOTES: Ca. 100 genera, ca. 3,000 spp., worldwide, concentrated in temperate and subtropical n. hemisphere. Many cultivated for fruits (Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus, etc.) and as ornamentals (Crataegus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Sorbus, Spiraea, etc.). REFERENCES: Brasher, Jeffrey W. 2001. Rosaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Agrimonia gryposepala
Media resource of Agrimonia gryposepala
Agrimonia striata
Media resource of Agrimonia striata
Amelanchier alnifolia
Media resource of Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier nitens
Media resource of Amelanchier nitens
Amelanchier pumila
Media resource of Amelanchier pumila
Amelanchier utahensis
Media resource of Amelanchier utahensis
Argentina anserina
Media resource of Argentina anserina
Cercocarpus breviflorus
Media resource of Cercocarpus breviflorus
Cercocarpus douglasii
Media resource of Cercocarpus douglasii
Cercocarpus intricatus
Media resource of Cercocarpus intricatus
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Media resource of Cercocarpus ledifolius
Cercocarpus montanus
Media resource of Cercocarpus montanus
Chaenomeles japonica
Media resource of Chaenomeles japonica
Chaenomeles lagenaria
Media resource of Chaenomeles lagenaria
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Media resource of Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Coleogyne ramosissima
Media resource of Coleogyne ramosissima
Cotoneaster buxifolius
Media resource of Cotoneaster buxifolius
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Media resource of Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster lacteus
Media resource of Cotoneaster lacteus
Cotoneaster pannosus
Media resource of Cotoneaster pannosus
Crataegus annosa
Media resource of Crataegus annosa
Crataegus erythropoda
Media resource of Crataegus erythropoda
Crataegus rivularis
Media resource of Crataegus rivularis
Crataegus succulenta
Media resource of Crataegus succulenta
Crataegus wootoniana
Media resource of Crataegus wootoniana
Cydonia japonica
Media resource of Cydonia japonica
Cydonia oblonga
Media resource of Cydonia oblonga
Dasiphora fruticosa
Media resource of Dasiphora fruticosa
Drymocallis arguta
Media resource of Drymocallis arguta
Drymocallis arizonica
Media resource of Drymocallis arizonica
Drymocallis convallaria
Media resource of Drymocallis convallaria
Drymocallis glandulosa
Media resource of Drymocallis glandulosa
Eriobotrya japonica
Media resource of Eriobotrya japonica
Fallugia paradoxa
Media resource of Fallugia paradoxa
Fragaria vesca
Media resource of Fragaria vesca
Fragaria virginiana
Media resource of Fragaria virginiana
Fragaria x ananassa
Media resource of Fragaria x ananassa
Geum aleppicum
Media resource of Geum aleppicum
Geum macrophyllum
Media resource of Geum macrophyllum
Geum rossii
Media resource of Geum rossii
Geum triflorum
Media resource of Geum triflorum
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Media resource of Heteromeles arbutifolia
Holodiscus discolor
Media resource of Holodiscus discolor
Holodiscus dumosus
Media resource of Holodiscus dumosus
Ivesia arizonica
Media resource of Ivesia arizonica
Ivesia multifoliolata
Media resource of Ivesia multifoliolata
Ivesia rhypara
Media resource of Ivesia rhypara
Ivesia sabulosa
Media resource of Ivesia sabulosa
Malus communis
Media resource of Malus communis
Malus pumila
Media resource of Malus pumila
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