Nice & informative write up Satish ji. Regards Prashant On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > >
