Maloideae
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Maloideae
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Rosales
| familia = Rosaceae
| subfamilia = Maloideae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
Amelanchier - serviceberry, juneberry
Aronia - chokeberry
Chaenomeles - Japanese quince
Cotoneaster - cotoneaster
Crataegus(hawthorn)
Cydonia - quince
Eriobotrya - loquat
Eriolobus (Malus pro parte)
Heteromeles - Toyon
Holodiscus
Malus - apple, crabapple
Mespilus - medlar
Osteomeles
Photinia
Pyracantha - firethorn
Pyrus - pear
Rhaphiolepis(hawthorn)
Sorbus - rowan, whitebeam, service tree
Stranvaesia - (Photinia pro parte)
}}
The Maloideae (apple subfamily) is a subfamily of the rose family Rosaceae characterised in its traditional description by the possession of a pome, a type of "accessory fruit," and by a basal haploid chromosome count of 17. These plants are shrubs and small trees. The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important fruits, like apples and pears.
More recent taxonomic proposals expand Maloideae to include a number of herbaceous genera that are more closely related to the traditional Maloideae than to other species of Rosaceae. These are the genera Kageneckia, Lindleya, and Vauquelinia, which have a haploid chromosome count of 15 or 17 but bear fruits that are capsules, and the genus, Gillenia, which has a haploid chromosome count of 9.de:Kernobstgewächse ko:배나무아과