Editing Maloideae (section)

== Taxonomy ==
The subfamily was given the name Pomoideae [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] in 1789, but this name is no longer accepted under the [[nomenclature codes]] because it is not based on a genus name. It has also been separated into its own family the '''Malaceae''' [[John Kunkel Small|Small]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?683 |title=GRIN Taxonomy for Plants |access-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071650/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?683 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (formerly Pomaceae [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]).<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Lindley | first1 = J | year = 1822 | title = Observations on the natural group of plants called Pomaceae | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1447472| journal = Transactions of the Linnean Society of London | volume = 13 | pages = 88–106 | doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00058.x}}</ref>

An earlier intermediate classification<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478 | title = The origin of the apple subfamily (Maloideae; Rosaceae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI genes | year = 2002 | author = Evans, R. C. | author2 = Campbell, C. S. | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 89 | pages = 1478–1484 | issue=9 | pmid = 21665749}}</ref> expanded Maloideae to include four genera with dry non-pome fruit. These are ''[[Kageneckia]]'', ''[[Lindleya]]'', and ''[[Vauquelinia]]'', which have a haploid chromosome count of 15 or 17, and ''[[Gillenia]]'', which is [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] and has a haploid chromosome count of 9.

A traditional circumscription of Maloideae includes the following genera:<ref name=Schulze-Menz />
* ''[[Amelanchier]]'' – serviceberry, juneberry
* ''Aria'' (see ''[[Sorbus]]'')
* ''[[Aronia]]'' – chokeberry
* ''[[Chaenomeles]]'' – Japanese quince
* ''[[Chamaemeles]]''
* ''Chamaemespilus'' (see ''[[Sorbus chamaemespilus]]'')
* ''Cormus'' (see ''[[Sorbus]]'')
* ''[[Cotoneaster]]'' – cotoneaster
* ''[[Crataegus]]'' – hawthorn
* ''[[Cydonia (plant)|Cydonia]]'' – quince
* ''[[Dichotomanthes]]''
* ''[[Docynia]]''
* ''[[Docyniopsis]]''
* ''[[Eriobotrya]]'' – [[loquat]]
* ''[[Eriolobus]]''
* ''[[Hesperomeles]]''
* ''[[Heteromeles]]'' – toyon
* ''[[Malacomeles]]''
* ''[[Malus]]'' – [[apple]], crabapple
* ''[[Mespilus]]'' – [[medlar]]
* ''[[Osteomeles]]''
* ''[[Peraphyllum]]''
* ''[[Photinia]]''
* ''[[Pseudocydonia]]'' – Chinese quince
* ''[[Pyracantha]]'' – firethorn
* ''[[Pyrus]]'' – pear
* ''[[Rhaphiolepis]]'' – hawthorn
* ''[[Sorbus]]'' – [[rowan]], [[whitebeam]], [[Sorbus domestica|service tree]]
* ''[[Stranvaesia]]'' = ''Photinia'' pro parte
* ''Torminalis'' (see ''[[Sorbus torminalis]]'')

Intergeneric hybrids:<ref>[[Stace, C. A.]] 1975. ''Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles''. Academic Press, London.</ref>
* ''[[× Amelasorbus]]''
* ''[[× Crataegosorbus]]''
* ''[[× Crataemespilus]]''
* ''[[× Malosorbus]]''
* ''[[× Sorbocotoneaster]]''
* ''[[× Sorbopyrus]]''

[[Graft chimera]]s:
* ''[[+ Crataegomespilus]]''
* ''[[+ Pyrocydonia]]'' (''Pirocydonia'')