Practice question

Among listed options traditional textbooks emphasizing horticultural fruit diversity sometimes highlight Rosaceae for species richness due to varied structures pome, drupe, aggregate and accessory fruits across herbs, shrubs and trees. Though modern global counts place Asteraceae and Fabaceae larger, within given choices Rosaceae surpasses Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Cactaceae in species number. Rosaceae includes perigynous to epigynous flowers, stipulate leaves, numerous stamens and apo- to syncarpous gynoecium. Species richness estimation depends on taxonomic circumscription, Rosaceae holding over 3000 species in classical classifications reflecting its ecological diversification.