Rosoideae

Taxobox
name = Rosoideae


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image_caption = Sweetbrier rose, ("Rosa eglanteria")
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"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 consists of 878 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 (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 [http://research.yale.edu/yoderlab/pdfs/2003,%20Eriksson%20et%20al,%20IJPS.pdf online (pdf file)]