Biology:Osteomeles
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Osteomeles | |
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| Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (ʻŪlei) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Osteomeles Lindl.[1] |
Osteomeles is a genus of plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are shrubs native to eastern Asia, with compound leaves, opposite leaf arrangement, and small pome fruit.[2] The fruits of all species in this genus are edible.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
The genus has sometimes been considered to include South American species of Hesperomeles which, like Osteomeles, have only one ovule per locule and hard pyrenes. But Hesperomeles notably have simple leaves, and recent molecular phylogenetics suggest that the two genera are only distantly related.[3]
Selected species
- Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (Sm.) Lindl.
- Osteomeles schwerinae C.K.Schneid. (China )
- Osteomeles subrotunda K.Koch (China and Ryukyu islands)
References
- ↑ "Osteomeles Lindl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-30. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8637.
- ↑ Gu Cuizhi (Ku Tsue-chih) and Stephen A. Spongberg (2003), "Osteomeles Lindley, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 13: 96, 98. 1821", Flora of China online, 9, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=123353
- ↑ Li, Q.-Y.; Guo, W.; Liao, W.-B.; Macklin, J.A.; Li, J.-H. (2012), "Generic limits of Pyrinae: Insights from nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences", Botanical Studies 53: 151–164, http://ejournal.sinica.edu.tw/bbas/content/2012/1/Bot531-14/Bot531-14.html
Wikidata ☰ Q140883 entry
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