Rosoideae

? Rosoideae
Sweetbrier rose, (Rosa eglanteria)
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genera
*Acaena Agrimonia Aphanes Aremonia Argentina Bencomia Cliffortia Comarum Dasiphora Dendriopoterium Drymocallis Duchesnea Filipendula Fragaria - strawberry Geum - avens Hagenia Horkelia Horkeliella Ivesia Kerria Leucosidea Marcetella Margyricarpus Polylepis Potentilla - cinquefoil Poterium Purpusia Rhodotypos Rosa - rose Rubus - bramble Sanguisorba Sarcopoterium Sibbaldianthe Sibbaldiopsis Spenceria Stellariopsis Tetraglochin Waldsteinia

The rose subfamily Rosoideae includes many shrubs and perennial herbs. Only a few are annual herbs.

The circumscription of the Rosoideae is still not wholly certain; recent genetic research (e.g. Eriksson et al., 2003) has resulted in several changes at the genus level and the removal from Rosoideae of some genera (notably Cercocarpus, Cowania, Dryas, Purshia) previously included in the subfamily. Further research is ongoing.

References

Eriksson, T., Hibbs, M. S., Yoder, A. D. Delwiche, C. F. & Donoghue, M. J. (2003). The Phylogeny of Rosoideae. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(2): 197–211. Available online (pdf file)