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 Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria)
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The rose subfamily Rosoideae consists of more than 850 species, including many shrubs, perennial herbs, and fruit plants such as strawberries and brambles. Only a few are annual herbs.
The circumscription of the Rosoideae is still not wholly certain; recent genetic research[1] has resulted in several changes at the genus level and the removal from Rosoideae of some genera (notably Cercocarpus, Cowania, Dryas, Purshia) previously included in the subfamily. Further research is ongoing.
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Footnotes
- ^ e.g. Eriksson et al. (2003)
References
- Eriksson, T.; Hibbs, M.S.; Yoder, A.D.; Delwiche, C.F. & Donoghue, M.J. (2003): The Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the TRNL/F region of chloroplast DNA. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(2): 197–211. doi:10.1086/346163 PDF fulltext
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