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Sue Carnahan
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JANAS 33(1)
LEAVES: alternate (except Coleogyne), stipulate, simple to compound or dissected. PLANT: Plants herbaceous or woody. INFLORESCENCE: usually more or less cymose. FLOWERS: perfect, actinomorphic, often bearing 5 bracteoles; hypanthium bearing sepals, petals, and stamens; sepals usually 5; petals usually 5, distinct, often showy; stamens usually 10 many in whorls of 5; receptacle sometimes enlarged; pistils 1 many, each of 1 5 carpels, the ovaries superior to inferior. FRUIT: an achene, follicle, drupe, pome, hip, aggregate or accessory. x = 7 9, 14 17. NOTES: Ca. 100 genera, ca. 3,000 spp., worldwide, concentrated in temperate and subtropical n. hemisphere. Many cultivated for fruits (Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus, etc.) and as ornamentals (Crataegus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Sorbus, Spiraea, etc.). REFERENCES: Brasher, Jeffrey W. 2001. Rosaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
Species within checklist: Capitol Reef National Park
Amelanchier alnifolia
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Amelanchier utahensis
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Cercocarpus intricatus
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Cercocarpus montanus
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Coleogyne ramosissima
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Cydonia oblonga
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Fallugia paradoxa
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Fragaria virginiana
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Holodiscus dumosus
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Malus floribunda
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Malus pumila
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Malus sylvestris
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Petrophytum caespitosum
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Physocarpus alternans
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Potentilla anserina
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Potentilla crinita
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Potentilla diversifolia
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Potentilla hippiana
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Potentilla pensylvanica
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Prunus armeniaca
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Prunus avium
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Prunus cerasifera
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Prunus cerasus
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Prunus domestica
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Prunus dulcis
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Prunus persica
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Purshia tridentata
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Pyrus communis
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Rosa woodsii
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