Rosids

E13203

Rosids are a large and diverse clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as roses, legumes, and oaks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clade of flowering plants
major clade of eudicots
class Magnoliopsida
contains Fabids
Malvids
order Brassicales
order Celastrales
order Crossosomatales
order Cucurbitales
order Fabales
order Fagales
order Geraniales
order Huertales
order Malpighiales
order Myrtales
order Oxalidales
order Picramniales
order Rosales
order Sapindales
order Vitales
order Zygophyllales
division Magnoliophyta
economicImportance major source of food crops
major source of medicinal plants
major source of ornamental plants
major source of timber
estimatedSpeciesCount over 70,000 species
firstCircumscribedBy APG (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group)
growthForms herbs
shrubs
trees
higherClassificationSystem APG IV system
includes almond trees
apple trees
bean family (Fabaceae)
cashew trees
citrus trees
cotton plants
eucalyptus trees
grapevines
legumes
mango trees
maples
mustards
oak family (Fagaceae)
oaks
peanut plants
pear trees
rose family (Rosaceae)
roses
rubber tree
soybean plants
walnut trees
kingdom Plantae
namedAfter genus Rosa
photosyntheticType mostly C3 plants
phylogeneticGroup monophyletic
proportionOfAngiosperms more than one quarter of all flowering plant species
subclass Rosidae
taxonomicRank clade
typicalFlowerCharacteristic pentamerous flowers
typicalLeafCharacteristic stipules common in many families
unrankedClade Angiosperms
Core eudicots
Eudicots


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