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Rosales
Red garden roses (Rosa hybrid). Whereas wild roses have only five petals, most hybrid varieties have been bred to produce numerous petals in a wide range of colours.
The Barbeyaceae and Dirachmaceae families are small, woody plant families with restricted geographic distributions within the rose order (Rosales):
- Barbeyaceae: This monotypic family, represented by the species Barbeya oleoides, is found in northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.12
- Dirachmaceae: The two species belonging to this family, Dirachma socotrana and D. somalensis, occur in Somalia and Socotra.2