| Common Names - Rose Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. or L. | Total Number of genera - 100 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 3000 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Herb | |
| World Distribution - Subcosmopolitan but esp. in northern temperate & warm areas. | |
| Comments - Many important fruits and timbers. 52 genera & 1,570 species as trees. The rose family is probably the third most economically important[citation needed] crop plant family (after the grass family and the pea family | |