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Malinae
Malinae is the name for the apple subtribe in the rose family, Rosaceae. This name is required by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, which came into force in 2011 (article 19) for any group at the subtribe rank that includes the genus ''Malus'' but not either of the genera ''Rosa'' or ''Amygdalus''. The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important fruits, such as apples and pears, while others are cultivated as ornamentals. The tribe consists exclusively of shrubs and small trees characterised by a pome, a type of accessory fruit that does not occur in other Rosaceae, and by a basal haploid chromosome A chromosome is a package of DNA containing part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes, the very long thin DNA fibers are coated with nucleosome-forming packaging proteins; in eukaryotic cells, the most import ... count of 17 (instead of 7, 8, 9, or 15 as in the other Rosaceae). There are ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aronia
''Aronia'' is a genus of deciduous shrubs, the chokeberries, in the family Rosaceae native to eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. The genus Aronia is considered to have 3 species. The most common and widely used is ''Aronia melanocarpa'' (black chokeberry) which emerged from Eastern North America. The lesser known ''Aronia arbutifolia'' (red chokeberry) and the hybrid form of the above mentioned species called ''Aronia prunifolia'' (purple chokeberry) were first cultivated in Central and Eastern North America. In the eighteenth century, the first shrubs of the best-known species ''Aronia melanocarpa'' reached Europe where they were first cultivated in Scandinavia and Russia. Chokeberries are cultivated as an ornamental plant and as a food plant. The sour berries, or aronia berries, can be eaten fresh off the bush, but are more frequently processed. They can be used to make wine, jam, syrup, juice, soft spreads, tea, salsa, extracts, beer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alniaria
''Alniaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia. It was split off from ''Sorbus'' (''sensu lato ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular co ...'') in 2018. Species The following species are accepted: *'' Alniaria alnifolia'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Rushforth *'' Alniaria chengii'' (C.J.Qi) Rushforth *'' Alniaria folgneri'' (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth *'' Alniaria hunanica'' (C.J.Qi) Rushforth *'' Alniaria nubium'' (Hand.-Mazz.) Rushforth *'' Alniaria tsinlingensis'' (C.L.Tang) Rushforth *'' Alniaria yuana'' (Spongberg) Rushforth References Maleae Rosaceae genera Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of North-Central China Flora of Manchuria Flora of Taiwan Flora of Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cydonia (plant)
The quince (; ''Cydonia oblonga'') is the sole member of the genus ''Cydonia'' in the Malinae subtribe (which contains apples, pears, and other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright golden-yellow pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear. Ripe quince fruits are hard, tart, and astringent. They are eaten raw or processed into jam, quince cheese, or alcoholic drinks. The quince tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive pale pink blossoms and as a miniature bonsai plant. In ancient Greece, the word for quince was used ribaldly by poets such as Aristophanes to signify teenage breasts. Description Quinces are shrubs or small trees up to tall and wide. Young twigs are covered in a grey down. The leaves are oval, and are downy on the underside. The solitary flowers, produced in late spring after the leaves, are white or pink. The ripe fruit is aromatic but remains hard; gritty stone cells are dispersed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pome
In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pome fruits consist of a central "core" containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped by a tough membrane and surrounded by an edible layer of flesh. Pome fruit trees are deciduous, and undergo a dormant winter period that requires cold temperatures to break dormancy in spring. Well-known pomes include the apple, pear, and quince. Etymology The word ''pome'' entered English in the late 14th century, and referred to an apple or an apple-shaped object. It derived from the Old French word for "apple": (12th century; modern French is ), which in turn derived from the Late Latin or Vulgar Latin word "apple", originally the plural of Latin "fruit", later "apple". Morphology A pome is an accessory fruit composed of one or more Gynoecium, carpels surrounded by accessory tissue. The accessory tissue is interpreted by some specialists as an extension of the rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (plant)
''Aria'' is a genus of plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It includes some of the deciduous species commonly known as whitebeams, and is native to Europe, the north African mountains and western Asia. Via hybridisation with related genera, it is a main contributor to the genesis of a complex of apomicts of intergeneric hybrid origin, which are also commonly referred to as whitebeams. Description Whitebeams of the genus ''Aria'' are small to medium-sized bushes or trees. The leaves are simple and almost white on the underside. The leaf margins are often serrated. While some species such as common whitebeam ('' Aria edulis'') may grow into sizeable trees of up to height, many species (such as rock whitebeam, '' Aria rupicola'') stay bushy. They bear corymbs of white flowers in spring, and the small, colourful pome fruits ripen in late summer. Whitebeam apomicts Hybridisation events between at least one member of genus ''Aria'' and at least one member of at least one differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cormus (plant)
''Cormus domestica'', commonly known as service tree or sorb tree, is a species of tree native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa (Atlas Mountains), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus).Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Mitchell, A.'' f. ''(1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe'', p 280. Collins It may be called true service tree, to distinguish it from the wild service tree (''Torminalis glaberrima''). It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Cormus.'' It is a deciduous tree growing to (rarely to ) tall with a trunk up to diameter, though it can also be a shrub tall on exposed sites. The bark is brown, smooth on young trees, becoming fissured and flaky on old trees. The winter buds are green, with a sticky, resinous coating. The leaves are long, pinnate with 13–21 leaflets long and broad, with a bluntly acute apex, and a serrated margin on the outer half or two thirds of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenomeles
''Chaenomeles'' is a genus of four species of deciduous spiny shrubs, usually 1–3 m tall, in the family (biology), family Rosaceae. They are native plant, native to Eastern Asia. These plants are related to the quince (''Cydonia oblonga'') and the Chinese quince (''Pseudocydonia sinensis''), differing in the serrated Leaf, leaves that lack fuzz, and in the flowers, borne in clusters, having deciduous sepals and Style (botany), styles that are connate at the base. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, and have a serrated margin. The flowers are 3–4.5 cm diameter, with five petals, and are usually bright orange-red, but can be white or pink; flowering is in late winter or early spring. The fruit is a pome with five carpels; it ripens in late autumn. ''Chaenomeles'' is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the brown-tail and the leaf-miner ''Bucculatricidae, Bucculatrix pomifoliella''. Common names Although all quince species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamaemeles
''Chamaemeles'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae. Its only species, ''Chamaemeles coriacea'', is endemic to Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of .... References Maleae Monotypic Rosaceae genera Endemic flora of Madeira Plants described in 1821 {{maleae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamaemespilus
''Chamaemespilus'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Chamaemespilus alpina'', commonly known as false medlar or dwarf whitebeam. It is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, from the Pyrenees east through the Alps to the Carpathians and the Balkans, growing at elevations of up to 2500 m.Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Description ''Chamaemespilus alpina'' is a deciduous shrub growing to 2–3 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, oval-elliptic, 3–7 cm long, with an acute apex and a serrated margin; they are green on both sides, without the white felting found on most whitebeams. The flowers are pink, with five forward-pointing petals 5–7 mm long; they are produced in corymbs 3–4 cm diameter. The fruit is an oval red pome 10–13 mm diameter.Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins . Taxonomy ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', 'Eos, Dawn') and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch.See: *Letter from William Whewell to Charles Lyell dated 31 January 1831 in: * From p. 55: "The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene, from ήως, aurora, and χαινος, recens, because the extremely small proportion of living species contained in these strata, indicates what may be considered the first commencement, or ''dawn'', of the existing state of the animate creation." The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cormus Domestica
''Cormus domestica'', commonly known as service tree or sorb tree, is a species of tree native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa (Atlas Mountains), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus).Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Mitchell, A.'' f. ''(1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe'', p 280. Collins It may be called true service tree, to distinguish it from the wild service tree ('' Torminalis glaberrima''). It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Cormus.'' It is a deciduous tree growing to (rarely to ) tall with a trunk up to diameter, though it can also be a shrub tall on exposed sites. The bark is brown, smooth on young trees, becoming fissured and flaky on old trees. The winter buds are green, with a sticky, resinous coating. The leaves are long, pinnate with 13–21 leaflets long and broad, with a bluntly acute apex, and a serrated margin on the outer half or two thirds of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotoneaster
''Cotoneaster'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas.Flora of China''Cotoneaster''(includes most of the world's ''Cotoneaster'' species) ''www.efloras.org'' They are related to hawthorns (''Crataegus''), firethorns (''Pyracantha''), photinias (''Photinia''), and rowans (''Sorbus''). Depending on the species definition used, between 70 and 300 different species of ''Cotoneaster'' are described, with many apomictic microspecies treated as species by some authors, but only as varieties by others.Bean, W. J. (1976). ''Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles'' 8th edition. John Murray . The majority of species are shrubs from tall, varying from ground-hugging prostrate plants to erect shrubs; a few, notably ''C. frigidus'', are small trees up to tall and trunk diamet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
