Rosoideae

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Rosoideae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genera
Acaena Aphanes Dasiphora Dryas - mountain avens Filipendula Fragaria - strawberry Geum - avens Kerria Potentilla - cinquefoil Rhodotypos Rosa - rose Rubus - bramble fruit Waldsteinia

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

The following classification is based on the study by Torsten Eriksson and others, published in the International Journal of Plant Science 164: 197-211 (2003; at link below).

Clade Roperculina (new – no rank in ICBN)

• Rosa (including Hulthemia)
• genera of Sanpotina

Clade Sanpotina (new - no rank in ICBN)

• tribus Sanguisorbeae
  • subtribus Sanguisorbinae
    • genera Acaena, Bencomia, Cliffortia, Dendriopoterium, Marcetella, Margyricarpus, Polylepis, Poterium, Sanguisorba, Sarcopoterium, Tetraglochin
  • subtribus Agrimoniinae
    • genera Agrimonia, Aremonia, Hagenia, Leucosidea, Spenceria
• tribus Potentilleae
  • • genera Potentilla
    • possibly the genera Comarella, Purpusia, Stellariopsis,
    • genera of subtribus Fragariinae
  • subtribus Fragariinae
    • genera Alchemilla (with Aphanes but probably also Lachemilla and Zygalchemilla)
    • Chamaerhodos, Comarum, Dasiphora (Pentaphylloides), Drymocallis, Fragaria,
    • Sibbaldia, Sibbaldiopsis.
    • some species, classified as Potentilla, may to be included here.
• genus Potentilla : the clade Potentilla includes Argentina, Duchesnea, Horkelia, Ivesia, and probably Horkeliella. Potential candidates for inclusion are : the genera Comarella, Purpusia, and Stellariopsis.

External link

Phylogeny of Rosoideae (pdf file)

See also: Rosoideae