The

rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

subfamily Rosoideae consists of more than 850

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

, including many

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s, perennial

herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

s, and fruit plants such as

strawberries The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus '' Fragaria'', collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely ap ...

and

bramble A bramble is any rough, tangled, prickly shrub, usually in the genus ''Rubus'', which grows blackberries, raspberries, or dewberries. "Bramble" is also used to describe other prickly shrubs, such as roses (''Rosa'' species). The fruits inclu ...

s. Only a few are annual herbs. The circumscription of the Rosoideae is still not wholly certain; recent genetic research has resulted in several changes at the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

level and the removal from Rosoideae of some genera (notably '' Cercocarpus'', '' Cowania'', '' Dryas'' and ''

Purshia ''Purshia'' (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5–8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae which are native to western North America. Description ''Purshia'' species form deciduous or evergreen shrubs, typically reach ...

'') previously included in the subfamily.

Genera

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Acaena ''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a fe ...

'' – bidibidis *''

Agrimonia ''Agrimonia'' (from the Greek ), commonly known as agrimony, is a genus of 12–15 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species also in Afr ...

'' – agrimonies *''

Alchemilla ''Alchemilla'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to ''Alchemilla mollis'' when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herb ...

'' – lady's mantles *''

Aphanes ''Aphanes'' (parsley-piert) is a genus of around 20 species in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to Europe, Asia and Australia. A 2003 study indicated that ''Aphanes'' may belong to the genus '' Alchemilla'', commonly called lady's-mantle. They ...

'' – parsley-pierts (sometimes in ''Alchemilla'') *''

Aremonia ''Aremonia'' is a genus of plants belonging to the rose family Rosaceae. Botanical description Taxonomy ; Synonyms * ''Agrimonoides'' P. Miller: Gard.Dict.Abr.ed.4. 1754 * ''Spallanzania'' Pollini: Hort.Prov.Veron.Pl.Nov.10. 1816. ; ...

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

'' – silverweeds (sometimes in ''Potentilla'') *'' Bencomia'' *'' Chamaerhodos'' Bunge – little-rose *'' Cliffortia'' *'' Coluria'' *''

Comarum ''Comarum'' is a genus of plants formerly included with the genus '' Potentilla'' ("typical cinquefoils"). It contains one or two species: * ''Comarum palustre ''Comarum palustre'' ( syn. ''Potentilla palustris''), known by the common names pur ...

'' (formerly in ''Potentilla'') *''

Dasiphora ''Dasiphora'' is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species '' D. fruticosa'' (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in ...

'' – woody cinquefoils (formerly in ''Potentilla'') *'' Dendriopoterium'' (currently in ''Sanguisorba'') *''

Drymocallis ''Drymocallis'' is a genus of plants formerly (and sometimes still) included with the typical cinquefoils (''Potentilla''). It contains three species known or suspected to be Protocarnivorous plant, protocarnivorous, but more cinquefoils might ev ...

'' – sticky cinquefoils (formerly in ''Potentilla'') *'' Duchesnea'' - mock strawberry (formerly in ''Potentilla'') *''

Fallugia ''Fallugia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species ''Fallugia paradoxa'', which is known by the common names Apache plume and póñil. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, wh ...

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Filipendula ''Filipendula'' is a genus of 12 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Well-known species include meadowsweet ('' Filipendula ulmaria'') and dropwort ...

'' *'' Fragaria'' – strawberries *''

Geum ''Geum'' , (Latinized Greek for "taste" referencing the roots of the plant) commonly called avens, is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family and its subfamily Rosoideae, widespread across Euro ...

'' – avenses *''

Hagenia ''Hagenia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant with the sole species ''Hagenia abyssinica'', native to the high-elevation Afromontane regions of central and eastern Africa. It also has a disjunct distribution in the high mountains of East ...

'' – African redwood *''

Horkelia :''See also '' Horkeliella'' (false horkelias).'' ''Horkelia'' is a genus of plants in the rose family. It includes several species of plants known commonly as horkelias. These are flowering plants closely related to the cinquefoils ('' Potentil ...

'' – horkelias (sometimes in ''Potentilla'') *'' Horkeliella'' – false horkelias (sometimes in ''Potentilla'') *''

Ivesia ''Ivesia is also a synonym for the Nesticus spider genus''. ''Ivesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family known generally as mousetails. They are perennial herbs native to western North America, especially the western United State ...

'' – mousetails (sometimes in ''Potentilla'') *'' Leucosidea'' – oldwood *'' Marcetella'' *'' Margyricarpus'' – pearlfruit *''

Polylepis ''Polylepis'' is a genus comprising 28 recognised shrub and tree species, that are endemic to the mid- and high-elevation regions of the tropical Andes. This group is unique in the rose family in that it is predominantly wind-pollinated. They are ...

'' *'' Potaninia'' *''

Potentilla ''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al. (2005)Reproductive biology of the Iberian species of ''Potentilla'' L. (Rosaceae).''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 1(62) 9–21. species of annual, biennial and perenni ...

'' – typical cinquefoils (including '' Duchesnea'') *'' Poteridium'' *'' Poterium'' *'' Purpusia'' (sometimes in ''Potentilla'' ) *''

Rosa Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People *Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) * Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places * 223 Rosa, an asteroid *Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, ...

'' – roses *''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of the ...

'' – brambles *''

Sanguisorba ''Sanguisorba'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet. Description The plants are herbaceous perennials or small shrubs. The stems grow to 50 ...

'' – burnets *''

Sarcopoterium ''Sarcopoterium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. ...

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Sibbaldia ''Sibbaldia'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, including the high Arctic. Most of the species are found in the Himalaya. The type species is ''Sibbaldia procumbens''. It is also in the Rosoi ...

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Sibbaldianthe ''Sibbaldianthe'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. It is also in the Rosoideae subfamily. Its native range is from south eastern and eastern Europe (within East European Russia, Central European Russia, Crimea, Rom ...

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Sibbaldiopsis ''Sibbaldiopsis'' is a genus in the plant family Rosaceae. This genus only contains a single species: ''Sibbaldiopsis tridentata'', formerly '' Potentilla tridentata''. Commonly, its names include three-toothed cinquefoil, shrubby fivefingers, an ...

'' – three-toothed cinquefoil (formerly in ''Potentilla'') *''

Sieversia ''Sieversia'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, it is also in the subfamily Rosoideae, and tribe Colurieae. Its native range is the Russian Far East (within the federal subjects of Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye a ...

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Spenceria ''Spenceria ramalana'' is the lone species in the plant genus ''Spenceria'', known by two varieties. ''S. ramalana'' grows from 18–32 cm. tall, and puts out yellow flowers from July through August; bearing fruit (yellowish-brown ach ...

'' *'' Tetraglochin'' *''

Waldsteinia ''Waldsteinia'', the barren strawberries, is a genus of the rose family ( Rosaceae). It contains about six species native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. A number of species are cultivated as a ground cover in gardens, including '' Walds ...

'' (sometimes in ''Geum'')

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Rosid subfamilies {{Rosoideae-stub