Information AboutMaloideae |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT MALOIDEAE | |
| rosaceae | |
The Maloideae ('''apple''' subfamily) is a subfamily of the rose family Rosaceae characterised in its traditional description by the possession of a Pome , a type of "accessory fruit," and by a basal haploid Chromosome count of 17. These plants are Shrub s and small Tree s. The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important Fruit s, like Apple s and Pear s. More recent taxonomic proposals expand Maloideae to include a number of Herb aceous genera that are more closely related to the traditional Maloideae than to other species of Rosaceae. These are the genera ''Kageneckia'', ''Lindleya'', and ''Vauquelinia'', which have a haploid chromosome count of 15 or 17 but bear fruits that are Capsule s, and the genus, ''Gillenia'', which has a haploid chromosome count of 9. |
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