ROSE FAMILY: ROSACEAE – Diagnostic characters , floral diagram & formula , economic importance , pattern of distribution and common species
Diagnostic Characters of Rosaceae :- 1. Habit Perennial (seasonal) herbs, shrubs (bushes) and trees (woody plants) 2. Roots Fibrous tap (produced by seed) root, Fibrous adventitious (produced by cutting) root. 3. Stem The stem is covered with thorn, spikes or prickles کانٹے, and the stem is Herbaceous (solid) or woody. 4. Leaves Leaves are reticulate, simple or compound, pinnate type, petiolate, alternate, stipulate. 5. Inflorescence Inflorescence of rosa indica is mostly cymose or racemose, some are solitary (single flower). 6. Flower Hermaphrodite (male and female both sexes are present in the same organisms), actinomorphic (we can cut from any axis), complete, regular, pedicellate, bracteate, perigynous, or sometimes epigynous. 7. Calyx (Sepals) 4 or 5 calyx or sepals, free, epicalyx of bracteoles are present. 8. Corolla (Petals) 5 or multiple of 5 petals, free 9. Androecium (Stamens) Unlimited or numerous Androceium, versatile, free, sometimes linked by their filaments. 10. Gyna