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brambles, roses, strawberries, and allies
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brambles, roses, strawberries, and allies

Rosoideae

The rose subfamily Rosoideae consists of more than 850 species, including many shrubs, perennial herbs, and fruit plants such as strawberries and brambles. Only a few are annual herbs.

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

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6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Brambles

tribeRubeae

strawberries, cinquefoils, and allies

tribePotentilleae

rose tribe

tribeRoseae

avens tribe

tribeColurieae

agrimonies and burnets

tribeAgrimonieae

meadowsweet tribe

tribeUlmarieae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415343.