List of Rosaceae genera
Encyclopedia
There are approximatively 100-160 genera
and 3,500- 4,000 species
in the family Rosaceae
. It also includes subgenera and synonyms.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
and 3,500- 4,000 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae
Rosaceae are a medium-sized family of flowering plants, including about 2830 species in 95 genera. The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. Among the largest genera are Alchemilla , Sorbus , Crataegus , Cotoneaster , and Rubus...
. It also includes subgenera and synonyms.
A
- AcaenaAcaenaAcaena is a genus of about one hundred species of perennial herbs and subshrubs in the Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii and California Acaena is a...
- Acomastylis
- AdenostomaAdenostomaAdenostoma is a genus of shrubs containing only two species: Adenostoma fasciculatum , and Adenostoma sparsifolium . Both are native to coastal California and Baja California, while A...
- Agrimonia
- Amelanchier
- ×Amelasorbus
- Amygdalophora
- Amygdalopsis
- Amygdalus
- AphanesAphanesAphanes is a genus in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to Europe, Asia and Australia. A study from 2003 indicates that Aphanes may belong to the genus Alchemilla, commonly called Lady's-mantle. They are slender, annual prostrate herbs, much-branched with deeply lobed leaves, pilose and on short...
- AriaWhitebeamThe whitebeams are members of the Rosaceae family, comprising subgenus Aria of genus Sorbus, and hybrids involving species of this subgenus and members of subgenera Sorbus, Torminaria and Chamaemespilus. They are deciduous trees with simple or lobed leaves, arranged alternately...
- ArgentinaArgentina (plant)Argentina is a genus of plants in the rose family . The circumscription is not yet fully settled; it includes at least three species long classified in Potentilla sect. Leptostylae. A further 23-25 or more species also traditionally included in Potentilla sect...
- ×AriosorbusSorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
- Aronia
- AruncusAruncusAruncus is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Rosaceae, subfamily Spiraeoideae. Botanical opinion of the number of species differs, with from one to four species accepted....
- Atomostigma
C
- Cerapadus
- Ceraseidos
- CerasusCherryThe cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium....
- Cercocarpus
- ChamaebatiariaChamaebatiariaChamaebatiaria is a monotypic genus of aromatic shrub in the rose family containing the single species Chamaebatiaria millefolium, which is known by the common names fern bush and desert sweet. Its genus name comes from its physical resemblance to the mountain miseries of genus Chamaebatia, which...
- ChamaemelesChamaemelesChamaemeles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae. It includes two species....
- ChamaemespilusSorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
- Chaemaerhodos
- Cliffortia
- ColeogyneColeogyneColeogyne is a monotypic genus in the rose family containing the single species Coleogyne ramosissima, which is known by the common name blackbrush. This thorny, aromatic shrub is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States. It is a thickly branched thicket which may spread across the...
- ColuriaColuriaColuria is a plant genus in the sub family Rosoideae native of Asia, Siberia and Altai.This herbaceous perennial plant reaches 30 cm in height and 30 cm wide. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects...
- Comarella
- Comarobatia
- Comaropsis
- ComarumComarumComarum is a genus of plants formerly included with the typical cinquefoils . It contains one or two species:* Comarum palustre – Marsh Cinquefoil, Swamp Cinquefoil* Comarum salesowianum Comarum is a genus of plants formerly included with the typical cinquefoils (Potentilla). It contains one...
- CormusSorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
- CotoneasterCotoneasterCotoneaster is a genus of woody plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region , with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas...
- Cowania
- +Crataegomespilus+Crataegomespilus+Crataegomespilus is the generic name applied to graft-chimeras between the genera Crataegus and Mespilus. It is not to be confused with ×Crataemespilus, which is applied to sexual hybrids between those genera, nor with Chamaemespilus which is a segregate genus or subgenus of Sorbus....
- CrataegusCrataegusCrataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...
- ×Crataemespilus
- CydoniaQuinceThe quince , or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region...
D
- DalibardaDalibarda repensDalibarda repens is a perennial plant in the Rose family, Rosaceae. It is the only species in its genus, which is closely allied with the genus Rubus...
- DasiphoraDasiphoraDasiphora is a genus of three species of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D. fruticosa , with a circumpolar range across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla as Potentilla sect...
- Dendriopoterium
- DichotomanthesDichotomanthesDichotomanthes is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. The flower is perigynous the ovary is superior. The fruit of the plant is a dry achene....
- DocyniaDocyniaDocynia is a genus of flowering trees, evergreen or semi-evergreen, in the family Rosaceae. Their leaves are simple, alternate, and stipulate, with flowers shortly stalked, 2–5-fascicled, and precocious or synantherous. Docynia reproduce following pollination by insect interaction and possess both...
- Dryadanthe
- DryasDryas (plant)Dryas is a genus of dwarf perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the arctic and alpine regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The genus is named after the Greek nymph Dryas. The classification of Dryas within the Rosaceae has been unclear...
E
- EriobotryaEriobotryaEriobotrya is a genus of about ten species of large evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to east and southeast Asia.-Species:By far the best known species is the Loquat, E...
- Eriogynia
- EriolobusEriolobusEriolobus is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae....
- Erythrocoma
- ExochordaExochordaExochorda is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to China and central Asia . They are used as ornamental plants with the common name pearl bush...
H
- HageniaHageniaHagenia abyssinica is a species of flowering plant native to the high-elevation Afromontane regions of central and eastern Africa. It also has a disjunct distribution in the high mountains of East Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia in the north, through Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic...
- Hesperomeles
- Heteromeles
- HolodiscusHolodiscusHolodiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the Americas, from southwestern British Columbia, Canada and the western United States south to Bolivia...
- HorkeliaHorkeliaHorkelia is a genus of plants in the rose family. It includes several species of plants known commonly as horkelias. These are flowering plants closely related to the cinquefoils and sometimes considered part of the same genus. There are nineteen species found in western North America, especially...
- HorkeliellaHorkeliellaHorkeliella is a small genus of two species of flowering plants in the rose family known as false horkelias. They are both endemic to California. These wildflowers were named after the genus Horkelia due to their resemblance, but are different enough to maintain a separate genus from the horkelias...
- Hulthemia (synonym of Rosa)
- ×Hulthemosa (Hulthemia × Rosa)
L
- LachemillaLachemillaLachemilla is a genus of plant in family Rosaceae.Species include:* Lachemilla aequatoriensis, Rothm.* Lachemilla angustata, Romoleroux* Lachemilla jamesonii, Rothm.* Lachemilla rupestris, Rothm....
- Laurocerasus
- LeucosideaLeucosideaLeucosidea sericea, commonly known as Ouhout in Afrikaans, is a species of evergreen tree or large shrub native to the Afromontane regions of Southern Africa. It is the sole species in the genus Leucosidea...
- LindleyaLindleyaLindleya is a genus of Mexican evergreen trees of the family Rosaceae. The sole species, L. mespiloides, grows to a height of and bears solitary white fragrant flowers in summer....
- LuetkeaLuetkeaLuetkea is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Rosaceae family. One species is accepted. Luetkea pectinata is a mat-forming semi-shrub...
- LyonothamnusLyonothamnusLyonothamnus is a monotypic genus of trees in the rose family containing the single species Lyonothamnus floribundus, which is known by the common name Catalina ironwood, and the subspecies ssp. aspleniifolius and ssp...
M
- Maddenia
- MalacomelesMalacomelesMalacomeles is a genus of flowering plants in the Rosaceae. It is most closely related to Amelanchier, Peraphyllum, Crataegus, and Mespilus.-Species:*Malacomeles denticulata*Malacomeles nervosa*Malacomeles paniculata...
- ×Malosorbus
- MalusMalusMalus , the apples, are a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
- Marcetella
- Mespilus
- Micromeles
N
- Nagelia
- Neillia
- NeviusiaNeviusia alabamensisNeviusia alabamensis is a perrenial ornamental plant, which is native to the United States where it occurs in several southeastern states. It is one of three species in the genus Neviusia, the others being the California endemic species, Neviusia cliftonii, and the extinct species Neviusia...
- Novoseiversia
- Nutallia
O
- Oemleria
- Oncostylus
- Oreogeum
- OrthurusGeumGeum , commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and New Zealand...
- Osmaronia
- OsteomelesOsteomelesOsteomeles is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to several areas around the Pacific Rim. The fruits of all species in this genus are edible.- Selected species :...
P
- Padellus
- Padus
- Parageum
- Pentactina
- Pentaphylloides
- Peraphyllum
- Persica
- PetrophytonPetrophytonPetrophyton is a small genus of plants in the rose family known as the rock spiraeas or rockmats. These are low mat-forming shrubs which send up erect stems bearing spike inflorescences of flowers. The brushy flowers are white and have many stamens and hairy, thready pistils...
- PhotiniaPhotiniaPhotinia is a genus of about 40-60 species of small trees and large shrubs in the Rosaceae family. As interpreted here, they are restricted to warm temperate Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and south to India and Thailand, but some botanists also include the closely related North American...
- PhysocarpusPhysocarpusPhysocarpus, commonly called Ninebark, is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to North America and northeastern Asia ....
- PolylepisPolylepisPolylepis is a genus containing about twenty species of shrubs or trees native to the mid- and high-elevation regions of the tropical Andes. This group is unique in the rose family in that it is predominantly wind-pollinated. They are usually gnarled in shape, but in certain areas some trees are...
- Porteranthus
- PotentillaPotentillaPotentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
- Poteridium
- PoteriumPoteriumPoterium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. There are about 25 members of the genus found mostly in Europe, West Asia and North Africa. It is closely related to the genus Sanguisorba....
- Pourthiaea
- PrinsepiaPrinsepiaPrinsepia is a genus of trees in the Rosaceae. It bears fruit which looks like a cherry. The plant grows largely in India, China, Bangladesh, and Taiwan, yet P...
- PrunusPrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. There are around 430 species spread throughout the northern temperate regions of the globe. Many members of the genus are widely cultivated for fruit and ornament.-Botany:Members of the genus...
- PseudocydoniaPseudocydoniaPseudocydonia sinensis , the only species in the genus Pseudocydonia, is a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia in China. It is closely related to the east Asian genus Chaenomeles, and is sometimes placed in Chaenomeles as C...
- PurshiaPurshiaPurshia is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico. The classification of Purshia within the...
- PyracanthaPyracanthaPyracantha is a genus of thorny evergreen large shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names Firethorn or Pyracantha. They are native to an area extending from Southeast Europe east to Southeast Asia, resemble and are related to Cotoneaster, but have serrated leaf margins and numerous thorns...
- PygeumPygeum (genus)Pygeum is a genus consisting of tropical trees or shrubs limited to tropical Africa, South & South-east Asia, Northeastern Australia, New Guinea and some Pacific Islands....
- ×Pyronia
- Pyrus
R
- ×Rhaphiobotyra
- RhaphiolepisRhaphiolepisRhaphiolepis syn. Raphiolepis Lindl.) is a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical eastern and southeastern Asia, from southern Japan, southern Korea and southern China south to Thailand and Vietnam. The genus is...
- RhodotyposRhodotyposRhodotypos scandens, the sole species of the genus Rhodotypos, is a deciduous shrub in the family Rosaceae, closely related to Kerria and included in that genus by some botanists...
- RosaRoseA rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
- RubusRubusRubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are...
S
- SanguisorbaSanguisorbaSanguisorba is a genus of perennial herbs or small shrubs in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is Burnet. The stems grow to 50-200 cm tall, with a cluster of basal leaves, and further leaves arranged alternately up the stem...
- Sibbaldia
- SibbaldiopsisSibbaldiopsisSibbaldiopsis is a genus in the plant family Rosaceae. , the Three-toothed Cinquefoil is the single representative of this genus. Systemic phylogenetic work has placed S. tridentata closer to Aphanes and Sibbaldia than to Potentilla .S...
- Sibiraea
- SorbariaSorbaria sorbifoliaSorbaria sorbifolia is commonly known as False Spiraea, also spelled False Spirea. It is a deciduous perennial plant in the Rosaceae family. It is also known by its older names of Spiraea sorbifolia L. and Schizonotus sorbifolius Lindl...
- ×Sorbaronia
- ×Sorbocotoneaster
- ×Sorbopyrus×Sorbopyrus×Sorbopyrus is an intergeneric hybrid of Sorbus and Pyrus....
- SorbusSorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
- Spenceria
- SpiraeaSpiraeaSpiraea , is a genus of about 80-100 species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Spiraeoideae. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia....
- StephanandraStephanandraStephanandra is a genus in the family Rosaceae that is sometimes included in the genus Neillia. The deciduous, thicket-forming shrubs have attractive wavy-margined leaves that resemble maple leaves and have a good orange-yellow fall color. Cutleaf Stephanandra grows to less than 2 feet tall but...
T
- Taihangia
- Tetraglochin
- TorminaliaSorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
- Trichothalamus
- Tylosperma