Rosaceae
Rosaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 334. 1789. nom. cons. 'Rose Family'
Characteristic Features:
Herbs, shrubs or trees
Leaves stipulate, usually serrate
Flowers actinomorphic, generally pentamerous, usually perigynous with hypanthium
Stamens numerous, carpel single or numerous and free, rarely united
Fruit usually fleshy
Diversity:
World- 104 genera 4,828 species (The Plant List 2013); 91 genera, 2,950 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 83 genera, 3575 species (Mabberely 2017); 117 genera, 5922 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 40 genera 432 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 39 genera, 469 species (BSI 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 37 genera, 365 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 24 genera 183 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Rosaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Rosaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order-Rosales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Calyciflorae
Orders : Rosales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Rosales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Rosales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Rosales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Rosales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Rosales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Rosales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Fabids
Order : Rosales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Rosales
Suborder : Rosineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Rubus niveus Thunb.
***Cultivated Flora***
Prunus domestica L.
Vernacular name: Plum (English); Alu Bukhara (Hindi)
Nativity: Turkey (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Trees with few spiny branches. Leaves dark green, elliptic to obovate, crenate. Flower whitish, petal obovate. Fruits globose, purple or red at maturity.
Flowering period: March to April
Propagation Methods: Propagated by grafting (Dave’s Garden, 2019)
Photographed @ HRC
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.
Vernacular name: Peach (English); Adoo (Hindi)
Nativity: North Central China (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Small trees. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers 1-2 together, pinkish, sepals pubescent. Fruit tomentose and globose, reddish-orange, variable in size in different cultivars.
Flowering period: March to April
Propagation Methods: Grown by grafting (Environmental Horticulture)
Photographed @ HRC
Pyrus communis L.
Vernacular name: Pear, common pear (English); Nashpatti (Hindi)
Nativity:Europe to North Iraq (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: small or medium sized tree. Leaves leathery, elliptic to oblong-ovate, apex acute, margin crenate. Flowers white, fruit pyriform.
Flowering period: March to April
Propagation Methods:Propagated by grafting, budding (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed @ HRC
Rosa chinensis Jacq.
Vernacular name: China rose, Rose (English); Gulaab (Hindi)
Nativity: China and Vietnam (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Erect shrub. Leaves paripinnate, leaflets ovate- oblong, serrate, acuminate. Flower solitary or in a cluster of few, variable in colour with numerous cultivars.
Flowering period: Almost throughout the year
Propagation Methods: Propagated by stem cuttings and budding (Dave’s Garden, 2019)
Photographed @ CAg