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Rosales
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<p>Rosales are an <a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">order</a> of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plants</a>. Well-known members of Rosales include: <a href="/facts/Rose/00sLwePY">roses</a>, <a href="/facts/Strawberry/M4oa6zJ9">strawberries</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackberry/MVD1DHFR">blackberries</a> and <a href="/facts/Raspberry/zHXkLC0s">raspberries</a>, <a href="/facts/Apple/SF1WND0v">apples</a> and <a href="/facts/Pear/pRAKLrdK">pears</a>, <a href="/facts/Plum/w05NWXGc">plums</a>, <a href="/facts/Peach/I7FLcBTU">peaches</a> and <a href="/facts/Apricot/xCVFYtMK">apricots</a>, <a href="/facts/Almond/oArfgmdq">almonds</a>, <a href="/facts/Rowan/JYmRIerW">rowan</a> and <a href="/facts/Crataegus/SI3RcAJS">hawthorn</a>, <a href="/facts/Jujube/VXXRm594">jujube</a>, <a href="/facts/Elm/jRBEeWEJ">elms</a>, <a href="/facts/Banyan/q3qLlmQ6">banyans</a>, <a href="/facts/Ficus/70M2tmEB">figs</a>, <a href="/facts/Morus_(plant)/F2Kr7Lr5">mulberries</a>, <a href="/facts/Breadfruit/5Ggtr0gx">breadfruit</a>, <a href="/facts/Urtica/zqnkANfx">nettles</a>, <a href="/facts/Humulus_lupulus/Qaceb20f">hops</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cannabis/gjdsgtoh">cannabis</a>. </p><p>Rosales contain about 7,700 <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a>, distributed into nine <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">families</a> and about 260 <a href="/facts/Genera/m8EFjSms">genera</a>. Their <a href="/facts/Type_(biology)/mTM1beKX">type</a> family is the rose family, <a href="/facts/Rosaceae/KYrlFdv6">Rosaceae</a>. The largest families are <a href="/facts/Rosaceae/KYrlFdv6">Rosaceae</a> (91/4828) and <a href="/facts/Urticaceae/tTndoBs9">Urticaceae</a> (53/2625). </p>