Rosoideae

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Rosoideae

Sweetbrier rose, (Rosa eglanteria)

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.

[edit] 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)