Useful information about the plant family

Family: Rosaceae Juss. 1789

Description-internal

herbs, shrubs or trees, mostly perennial large Flowers with many stamen mostly 5 numbered

Distribution

worldwide except polar regions

Floral characters

large flowers, regular, solitary or in cymes, 5 numbered, bisexual, many stamina

Leaf characters

simple, compound or dissected, with stipules,

Stipules

present

Fruit characters

capsules, nuts, multiple fruits, pome seeds often without endosperm

Glands

absent

Hairs

present or absent

Latex

absent

Odor

Like Roses in Rosa

Uses

Rosa, Alchemilla, Filipendula, Sorbus, Pyracantha, Exochorda as ornamentals Prunus, Malus, Pyrus, Eriobotrya and others grown for fruit (apples, cherries, pears etc.)

Chemical characters

fruits with vitamins

Distribution maps

(online von http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ . Dort zitiert wie unter jedem Diagramm vermerkt):

Rosaceae
map: from Vester 1940; Hultén 1971