Maleae

Cultivated apple (Malus domestica)

The Pyreae form a tribe in the subfamily Spiraeoideae the rose family. The tribe includes the subtribes of pome fruit crops ( Pyrinae ) and the following three genera:

The pome fruit crops were formerly performed as subfamily Pyrinae of the rose family. Molecular genetic studies have shown that they form a group within the Spiraeoideae. Potter et al. the group have therefore defined as subtribe Pyrinae. The base chromosome numbers of Pyreae x = 17, x = 15, the genus Vauquelinia

Vauquelinia californica

Lindleya mespiloides

The tribe, together with the genus Gillenia the Supertribus Pyrodae CS Campbell, R. C. Evans, D. R. Morgan & T.A. Dickinson

Documents

  • D. Potter, T. Eriksson, RC Evans, S. Oh, JEE Smedmark, DR Morgan, M. Kerr, KR Robertson, M. Arsenault, TA Dickinson, CS Campbell: Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution, Volume 266, 2007, pp. 5-43. doi: 10.1007/s00606-007-0539-9
Rosids Rosales Henri Ernest Baillon Digital Object Identifier
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