The Parent order is - Rosales
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Woody Family Rosaceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Rose FamilySynonyms -
Authority - Juss. or L.Total Number of genera - 100
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal 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


Woody Genera of Rosaceae

Each link leads to more information on the chosen botanical families

1 - Aclat.
2 - Adenostoma.
3 - Amelanchier.
4 - Amygdalus.
5 - Aronia.
6 - Bencomia.
7 - Cerasus.
8 - Cercocarpus.
9 - Chaenomeles.
10 - Chamaebatiaria.
11 - Coleogyne.
12 - Cottoneaster.
13 - Cowania.
14 - Crataegus.
15 - Crataegus.
16 - Cydonia.
17 - Docynia.
18 - Dryas.
19 - Eriobotrya.
20 - Exochorda.
21 - Fallugia.
22 - Hagenia.
23 - Hesperomeles.
24 - Holodiscus.
25 - Kageneckia.
26 - Kerria.
27 - Laurocerasus.
28 - Lindleya.
29 - Lyonothamnus.
30 - Malus.
31 - Mespilis.
32 - Micromelles.
33 - Oemleria.
34 - Osmaronia.
35 - Osteomeles.
36 - Padus.
37 - Parastemon.
38 - Photinia.
39 - Polylepis.
40 - Potentilla.
41 - Pourthiaea.
42 - Prieurella.
43 - Prunus.
44 - Psyocarpus.
45 - Purshia.
46 - Pygeum.
47 - Pyracantha.
48 - Pyrus.
49 - Rhaphiolepis.
50 - Rosa.
51 - Rubus.
52 - Sorbaria.
53 - Sorbus.
54 - Spiraea.
55 - Stephanandra.
56 - Vanquelinia.
57 - Vauquelinia.



End of Listing Woody Families of Rosaceae