Rosaceae

English: Rose family
Dutch: Rozenfamilie

The Rosaceae is a large and diverse family comprising about 91 genera and 4,828 species. They are distributed worldwide and include many important ornamental trees, fruit trees, and shrubs such as cherries, apples, hawthorns, and rowans.

Key Identifying Features

• Leaves: Simple or compound, alternate, often with stipules and serrated margins
• Flowers: Usually showy, radially symmetrical with 5 petals and numerous stamens
• Fruits: Highly variable; drupes (cherries), pomes (apples), aggregate fruits (roses)
• Bark: Variable; often smooth with prominent lenticels in Prunus

Parent: Plantae