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JANAS 33(1)
LEAVES: alternate (except Coleogyne), stipulate, simple to compound or dissected. PLANT: Plants herbaceous or woody. INFLORESCENCE: usually more or less cymose. FLOWERS: perfect, actinomorphic, often bearing 5 bracteoles; hypanthium bearing sepals, petals, and stamens; sepals usually 5; petals usually 5, distinct, often showy; stamens usually 10 many in whorls of 5; receptacle sometimes enlarged; pistils 1 many, each of 1 5 carpels, the ovaries superior to inferior. FRUIT: an achene, follicle, drupe, pome, hip, aggregate or accessory. x = 7 9, 14 17. NOTES: Ca. 100 genera, ca. 3,000 spp., worldwide, concentrated in temperate and subtropical n. hemisphere. Many cultivated for fruits (Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus, etc.) and as ornamentals (Crataegus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Sorbus, Spiraea, etc.). REFERENCES: Brasher, Jeffrey W. 2001. Rosaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
Species within checklist: Flora of the Southern Colorado Plateau Network || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Agrimonia gryposepala
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Agrimonia striata
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Amelanchier alnifolia
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Amelanchier pumila
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Amelanchier utahensis
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Argentina anserina
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Armeniaca vulgaris
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Cercocarpus intricatus
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Cercocarpus ledifolius
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Cercocarpus montanus
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Chaenomeles speciosa
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Chamaebatiaria millefolium
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Coleogyne ramosissima
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Cotoneaster horizontalis
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Cotoneaster lacteus
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Crataegus erythropoda
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Crataegus rivularis
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Crataegus succulenta
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Dasiphora floribunda
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Drymocallis convallaria
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Fallugia paradoxa
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Fragaria vesca
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Fragaria virginiana
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Geum aleppicum
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Geum macrophyllum
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Geum rivale
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Geum triflorum
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Holodiscus dumosus
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Ivesia arizonica
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Ivesia multifoliolata
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Malus baccata
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Malus prunifolia
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Malus pumila
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Malus sylvestris
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Peraphyllum ramosissimum
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Petrophyton caespitosum
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Petrophytum caespitosum
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Physocarpus monogynus
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Potentilla anserina
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Potentilla arguta
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Potentilla biennis
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Potentilla crinita
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Potentilla diversifolia
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Potentilla filipes
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Potentilla fruticosa
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Potentilla glandulosa
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Potentilla gracilis
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Potentilla hippiana
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Potentilla norvegica
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Potentilla paradoxa
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