Dryadoideae

Dryadoideae
Dryas × suendermannii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family:Rosaceae
Subfamily:Dryadoideae
(Lam. & DC.) Sweet
Genera

The Dryadoideae subfamily of the Rosaceae consists of four genera,[1] all of which share root nodules that host the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Frankia.[2] They are subshrubs, shrubs, or small trees with a base chromosome number of 9, whose fruits are either an achene or an aggregate of achenes.[1]

Taxonomic history

The subfamily has at various times been separated as its own family (Dryadaceae), or as a tribe (Dryadeae) or subtribe (Dryadinae).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Potter D, Eriksson T, Evans RC, Oh S, Smedmark JEE, Morgan DR, Kerr M, Robertson KR, Arsenault M, Dickinson TA, Campbell CS (2007). "Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266 (1–2): 5–43. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0539-9. .
  2. ↑ Swensen SM, Mullin BC (1997). "The impact of molecular systematics on hypotheses for the evolution of root nodule symbioses and implications for expanding symbioses to new host plant genera". Plant and Soil. 194: 185–192. doi:10.1023/A:1004240004063. JSTOR 42948119. .
  3. ↑ J. L. Reveal. "Indices Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium – RA-RZ".
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