Thank you Dr Phadke for this informative post. Infact I was waiting to read something like this about this family of the week. I wanted to know the salient features about the family discussed. I have posted a thread showing a ?Wild cherry tree. "Rosaceae Week: 03102011MR1 ?wild cherry tree from Pune for ID" It has not been confirmed though. Does it belong to this family Regards Bhagyashri
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > ROSACEAE > > Family Rosaceae has comparatively less representation in Maharashtra. > > BSI Flora of Maharashtra mentions only 5 species which are native to > Maharashtra while there are many cultivated species which are seen growing > though. > > The key for Maharashtra is as follows. > > Annualherbs : > > Potentilla(Only one species found: Potentila supine) > > Trees or shrubs : > > 2. Plants: unarmed trees; carpel 1 Prunus (Only 1 species found : > Prunus ceylanica) > > 2.Plants: prickly shrubs; carpels many Rubus. > > Rubus > > 1. Leaves simple … R. > molluccanus(Black berry) > > 1. Leaves 3-9 foliolate : > > 2. Leaves 3-foliolate : … R.ellipticus > > 2. Leaves 5-9 foliolate … R.niveus > (‘Gauriphal’,’Mahabaleshwar Raspberry’) > > Flowers of Himalaya (Polunin,Stainton)mentions many Rosaceae plants and the > key regarding the identification is as follows: > > Trees and shrubs above 1 m > > a) leaves compound, with 3 or more leaflets > > i)Carpels free 1.Rubus 2. Sorbaria 3. Potentila > > ii)Carpels enclosed in a fleshy receptacle 1.Rosa 2. Sorbus > > b( Leaves entire toothed or lobed > > i)Carpel 1 1.Prunus 2. Prinsepia 3. Neillia > > ii)Carpels several free 1.Rubus 2. Neillia 3.Spirea > > iii)Carpels encirciled in a fleshy receptacle in fruit 1.Crotoneaster > 2. Crateagus 3. Pyracanthia 4.Photinia 5.Stranvaesia 6. Malus 7. > Pyrus 8. Sorbus > > > > Herbaceous perennials or small undershrubs > > a) Epicalyx present 1.Alchemilila. 2. Fragaria 3. Geum 4.Potentilla 5. > Sibbaldia > > b)Epicalyx absent 1.Rubus 2. Agrimonia 3.Aruncus 4.Filipendula > 5.Spiraea 6 Cotoneaster > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
