The Maloideae C.Weber was the apple subfamily, a grouping used by some taxonomists within the rose family, Rosaceae. Recent molecular phylogenetic evidence has shown that the traditional Spiraeoideae and Amygdaloideae form part of the same clade as the traditional Maloideae, and the correct name for this group is Amygdaloideae. Earlier circumscrip...
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(from the article `Rosales`) ...genus Spiraea of the subfamily Spiraeoideae is known from fossil fruits and leaves, and the related genus Physocarpus is represented in fossils of ... ...Spiraeoideae (spirea subfamily), with follicles; Rosoideae (rose subfamily), with achenes or, in Rubus, druplets; Amygdaloideae, also called ... [2 r...
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