List of Rosaceae genera explained

There are approximatively 100–160 genera and 3,500–4,000 species in the family Rosaceae. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 108 genera.^[1]

A

• Acaena
• Adenostoma
• Agrimonia
• Alchemilla
• Alniaria
• Amelanchier
• × Amelasorbus
• Aphanes – synonym of Alchemilla
• Aria
• Argentina
• Aronia
• Aruncus

B

• Bencomia
• Brachycaulos

C

• Cercocarpus
• Chamaebatia
• Chamaebatiaria
• Chamaecallis
• Chamaemeles
• Chamaerhodos
• Chaenomeles
• Cliffortia
• Coleogyne
• Coluria
• Comarum
• Cormus
• Cotoneaster
• + Crataegomespilus
• Crataegus
• × Crataemespilus – synonym of Crataegus
• Cydonia

D

• Dasiphora
• Dichotomanthes
• Docynia – synonym of Malus
• Dryas
• Drymocallis
• Dunnaria

E

• Eriobotrya
• Eriolobus – synonym of Malus
• Exochorda

F

• Fallugia
• Farinopsis
• Filipendula
• Fragaria

G

• Geum
• Gillenia
• Griffitharia

H

• Hagenia
• Hedlundia
• Hesperomeles
• Heteromeles – synonym of Photinia
• Holodiscus

K

• Kageneckia
• Karpatiosorbus
• Kelseya ^{[2] [3]}
• Kerria

L

• Leucosidea
• Lindleya
• Luetkea
• Lyonothamnus

M

• Macromeles
• Majovskya ^[4]
• Malacomeles
• Malus
• Marcetella
• × Margyracaena
• Margyricarpus
• Mespilus – synonym of Crataegus
• Micromeles

N

• Neillia
• Neviusia
• Normeyera

O

• Oemleria
• Osteomeles

P

• Pentactina
• Peraphyllum
• Petrophytum
• Phippsiomeles
• Photinia
• Physocarpus
• Pleiosorbus
• Polylepis
• Potaninia
• Potentilla
• Pourthiaea
• Prinsepia
• Prunus
• Pseudocydonia
• Purshia
• Pyracantha
• × Pyraria
• Pyrus

R

• Rhaphiolepis
• Rhodotypos
• Rosa
• Rubus

S

• Sanguisorba
• Sarcopoterium
• Scandosorbus
• Sibbaldia
• Sibbaldianthe
• Sibbaldiopsis – synonym of Sibbaldia
• Sibiraea
• Sieversia
• Sorbaria
  • • × Sorbaronia × Sorbocotoneaster × Sorbomeles
• × Sorbopyrus (unplaced)
• Sorbus
• Spenceria
• Spiraea
• Spiraeanthus
• Stranvaesia

T

• Tetraglochin
• Thomsonaria
• Torminalis

V

• Vauquelinia

W

• Waldsteinia
• Wilsonaria

X

• Xerospiraea

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000200-2 Rosaceae Juss.
2. Web site: Kelseya (S.Watson) Rydb. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 May 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Kelseya uniflora (S. Watson) Rydb. . United States Department of Agriculture . 29 July 2021.
4. Web site: Majovskya Sennikov & Kurtto Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 July 2022 . en.