? Rockrose
Cistus incanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Cistaceae Genus: Cistus
Species
Cistus albanicus Cistus albidus Cistus chinamadensis Cistus clusii Cistus creticus Cistus crispus Cistus heterophyllus Cistus ladanifer- Gum Rockrose Cistus laurifolius Cistus libanotis Cistus monspeliensis- Montpelier Cistus Cistus munbyi Cistus osbeckiaefolius Cistus parviflorus Cistus populifolius Cistus psilosepalus Cistus salviifolius- Salvia Cistus Cistus symphytifolius Cistus varius Ref: Ellul et al. (2002) Cistus incanus - image taken on 30 March 2004, on the slopes of Mount Carmel, Israel. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Malvaceae (mallows,...) Dipterocarpaceae Sarcolaenaceae Cistaceae Muntingiaceae Bixaceae Diegodendraceae Cochlospermaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Thymelaeaceae Neuradaceae The Malvales are an order of flowering plants, mostly comprised of shrubs and trees. ... Genera Cistus (rock roses) Fumana X Halimiocistus Halimium Helianthemum Hudsonia Lechea Tuberaria Reference: Kew (2004) The Cistaceae (or rock rose family) is a rather small family known for its beautiful shrubs, vastly covered by flowers at the time of blossom. ... Binomial name Cistus creticus L. Cistus creticus is a species of shrubby plant in the family Cistaceae. ... Binomial name Cistus ladanifer L. The Gum Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. ...

The rockrose is the name for the genus Cistus of the flowering plant family Cistaceae. These are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils around the Mediterranean, from the Canary Islands through to the Middle East. The leaves are opposite, simple, usually slightly rough-surfaced, 2-8 cm long; in a few species (notably C. ladanifer), the leaves are coated with a highly aromatic resin called labdanum. They have showy 5-petaled flowers ranging from white to purple and dark pink, in a few species with a conspicuous dark red spot at the base of each petal. The genus Cistus contains about 20 species, and together with its many hybrids and cultivars is commonly encountered as a garden flower. Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera Cistus (rock roses) Fumana X Halimiocistus Halimium Helianthemum Hudsonia Lechea Tuberaria Reference: Kew (2004) The Cistaceae (or rock rose family) is a rather small family known for its beautiful shrubs, vastly covered by flowers at the time of blossom. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Insect trapped in resin. ... Labdanum is a sticky brown resin obtained from the shrub Cistus ladanifer, more commonly known as the rock rose. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ...

Note: the name "rockrose" is also used for the related genera Halimium, Helianthemum and Tuberaria, all in the family Cistaceae.

Species See text Helianthemum (rockrose, sunroses, rushrose, or helianthemum) is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs. ... Species See text. ...

Ecology

The rockroses are thermophilous plants, which require open, sunny places. As with many other Cistaceae, the species of Cistus have the ability to form mycorrhizal associations with truffles (Tuber) and are thus to thrive on poor sandy soils or rocks. A mycorrhiza (typically seen in the plural forms mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas, Greek for fungus roots) is a distinct type of root symbiosis in which individual hyphae extending from the mycelium of a fungus colonize the roots of a host plant. ... white truffle washed and cut Truffle describes a group of edible mycorrhizal (subterranean) mushrooms (genus Tuber, class Ascomycetes, division Mycota). ...

The rockroses are the only host of Cytinus hypocistis, a small parasitic plant that lives on the roots and is noticeable only for a short period of time when in flower. The presence of the parasite does not seem to hurt the host population. For the rare minieral, see Parisite. ...

Cistus salviifolius Cistus salviifolius - image taken on 30 March 2004, on the slopes of Mount Carmel, Israel. ...

Cistus albidus photo taken near Sitges Image File history File linksMetadata Cistus_albidus(estepa_blanca). ... Sitges is a small town about 40 kilometers south west of the city of Barcelona. ...

A flower of × Halimiocistus wintonensis, a garden hybrid of Cistus salviifolius and Halimium lasianthum Image File history File links w:User:Steve nova has identified this as a genus Cistus (probably C. ladanifer). ...

References and external links

• Ellul P., M. Boscaiu, O. Vicente, V. Moreno, J. A. Rossello (2002). Intra- and Interspecific Variation in DNA Content in Cistus (Cistaceae). Annals of Botany 90(3): 345-351. (Available online: Abstract | Full text (HTML) | Full text (PDF))
• Page R. G. The Cistus & Halimium Website