- Family:
- Rosaceae Juss.
Rosa L.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, erect or climbing
- Morphology Stem
- Stems and branches usually with prickles and/or thorns
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets serrate
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules forming a sheath with free auricles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers bisexual, solitary or in corymbs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Sepals 5, entire, or the 3 outer lobed. Petals 5. Stamens, carpels and styles many; ovule 1 per carpel
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
- Receptacle hollow, becoming fleshy and coloured, and containing numerous achenes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles free or united, protruding through the opening of the receptacle.
- Distribution
- Some 350 species in the Northern Hemisphere, mainly in temperate areas.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Comoros, Cook Is., Falkland Is., Free State, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Victoria, Western Australia
- Rosa abietina Gren. ex Christ
- Rosa abrica Khat. & Koobaz
- Rosa abutalybovii Gadzh.
- Rosa abyssinica R.Br. ex Lindl.
- Rosa achburensis Chrshan.
- Rosa acicularis Lindl.
- Rosa adenophylla Galushko
- Rosa agrestis Savi
- Rosa alabukensis Tkatsch.
- Rosa × alba L.
- Rosa alberti Regel
- Rosa alexeenkoi Crép. ex Juz.
- Rosa × alpestris Rapin ex Reut.
- Rosa altidaghestanica Husseinov
- Rosa amblyophylla Kult.
- Rosa × andegavensis Bastard
- Rosa andrzeiowskii Steven ex Besser
- Rosa arabica (Crép. ex Boiss.) Déségl.
- Rosa × archipelagica Tchubar
- Rosa arensii Juz. & Galushko
- Rosa arkansana Porter
- Rosa arvensis Huds.
- Rosa × atlantica W.H.Lewis
- Rosa × avrayensis Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa awarica Husseinov
- Rosa baiyushanensis Q.L.Wang
- Rosa balcarica Galushko
- Rosa balsamica Besser
- Rosa banksiae R.Br.
- Rosa banksiopsis Baker
- Rosa barbeyi Boulenger
- Rosa beauvaisii Cardot
- Rosa beggeriana Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Rosa bella Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa bellicosa Nevski
- Rosa × belnensis Ozanon
- Rosa × bengyana Rouy & L.C.Lamb.
- Rosa × bibracteata Bastard ex DC.
- Rosa biebersteiniana Tratt.
- Rosa × bigeneris Duffort ex Rouy
- Rosa × binaloudensis Vaezi, Arjmandi & Sharghi
- Rosa × bishopii Wolley-Dod
- Rosa × biturigensis Boreau
- Rosa blanda Aiton
- Rosa × blinovskyana Kult.
- Rosa boissieri Crép.
- Rosa × bolanderi Greene
- Rosa bracteata J.C.Wendl.
- Rosa bridgesii Crép. ex Rydb.
- Rosa brotherorum Chrshan.
- Rosa brunonii Lindl.
- Rosa × budensis Borbás
- Rosa bugensis Chrshan.
- Rosa buschiana Chrshan.
- Rosa caesia Sm.
- Rosa calantha Tkatsch.
- Rosa calcarea Lipsch. & Sumnev.
- Rosa californica Cham. & Schltdl.
- Rosa calyptopoda Cardot
- Rosa × campanulata Ehrh.
- Rosa × canadensis W.H.Lewis
- Rosa canina L.
- Rosa carolina L.
- Rosa caryophyllacea Besser
- Rosa caudata Baker
- Rosa × caviniacensis Ozanon
- Rosa chavinii Rapin ex Reut.
- Rosa chengkouensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa chinensis Jacq.
- Rosa chionistrae H.Lindb.
- Rosa × churchillii W.H.Lewis
- Rosa clinophylla Thory
- Rosa × consanguinea Gren.
- Rosa × coronata Crép. ex Wirtg.
- Rosa corymbifera Borkh.
- Rosa corymbulosa Rolfe
- Rosa × cottetii Lagger & Puget ex Cottet
- Rosa coziae Nyár.
- Rosa cziragensis Husseinov
- Rosa daishanensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa darginica Husseinov
- Rosa davidii Crép.
- Rosa davurica Pall.
- Rosa deqenensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa derongensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa deseglisei Boreau
- Rosa diacantha Chrshan.
- Rosa diplodonta Dubovik
- Rosa dolichocarpa Galushko
- Rosa doluchanovii Manden.
- Rosa donetzica Dubovik
- Rosa × dryadea Ripart ex Déségl.
- Rosa dsharkenti Chrshan.
- Rosa dubovikiae Mironova
- Rosa × dulcissima Lunell
- Rosa dumalis Bechst.
- Rosa × dumetorum Thuill.
- Rosa duplicata T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa ecae Aitch.
- Rosa elymaitica Boiss. & Hausskn.
- Rosa × engelmannii S.Watson
- Rosa ermanica Manden.
- Rosa facsarii Ker.-Nagy
- Rosa fargesiana Boulenger
- Rosa farreri Stapf ex Cox
- Rosa × fernaldiorum W.H.Lewis
- Rosa × fertilis Kult.
- Rosa filipes Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa foetida Herrm.
- Rosa foliolosa Nutt.
- Rosa forrestiana Boulenger
- Rosa freitagii Ziel.
- Rosa fujisanensis (Makino) Makino
- Rosa gadzhievii Chrshan. & Iskend.
- Rosa gallica L.
- Rosa galushkoi Demurova
- Rosa geninae Juz.
- Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crép.
- Rosa × gilmaniana W.H.Lewis
- Rosa giraldii Crép.
- Rosa glabrifolia C.A.Mey. ex Rupr.
- Rosa glauca Pourr.
- Rosa × glaucoides Wolley-Dod
- Rosa glomerata Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa gorenkensis Besser
- Rosa graciliflora Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa gracilipes Chrshan.
- Rosa gulczensis Tkatsch.
- Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt.
- Rosa × hainesii W.H.Lewis
- Rosa × harmsiana W.H.Lewis
- Rosa heckeliana Tratt.
- Rosa helenae Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa hemisphaerica Herrm.
- Rosa × henryana W.H.Lewis
- Rosa henryi Boulenger
- Rosa hezhangensis T.L.Xu
- Rosa × hibernica Templeton
- Rosa hirtissima Lonacz.
- Rosa hirtula (Regel) Nakai
- Rosa × hodgdonii W.H.Lewis
- Rosa × housei Erlanson
- Rosa × hyogoensis H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Rosa iberica Steven ex M.Bieb.
- Rosa iliensis Chrshan.
- Rosa iljinii Chrshan. ex Gadzh.
- Rosa indica L.
- Rosa × infesta Kmet ex Heinr.Braun
- Rosa inodora Fr.
- Rosa × involuta Sm.
- Rosa irinae Demurova
- Rosa irysthonica Manden.
- Rosa isaevii Gadzh. & Iskand.
- Rosa issyksuensis Tkatsch.
- Rosa × iwara Siebold ex Regel
- Rosa jaroschenkoi Gadzh. & Iskand.
- Rosa juzepczukiana Vassilcz.
- Rosa kamelinii Husseinov
- Rosa karaalmensis Tkatsch.
- Rosa × karakalensis Kult.
- Rosa karjaginii Sosn.
- Rosa kazarjanii Sosn.
- Rosa khasautensis Galushko
- Rosa kokanica (Regel) Regel ex Juz.
- Rosa kokijrimensis Tkatsch.
- Rosa komarovii Sosn.
- Rosa × kopetdagensis Meffert
- Rosa koreana Kom.
- Rosa × kosinsciana Besser
- Rosa × kotschyana Boiss.
- Rosa kuhitangi Nevski
- Rosa kujmanica Golitsin
- Rosa kunmingensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa kwangtungensis T.T.Yu & H.T.Tsai
- Rosa kweichowensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa laevigata Michx.
- Rosa langyashanica D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao
- Rosa lasiosepala F.P.Metcalf
- Rosa laxa Retz.
- Rosa leschenaultiana (Thory) Wight & Arn.
- Rosa lichiangensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa livescens Besser
- Rosa × longicolla Ravaud ex Rouy
- Rosa longicuspis Bertol.
- Rosa longshoushanica L.Q.Zhao & Y.Z.Zhao
- Rosa lucidissima H.Lév.
- Rosa lucieae Franch. & Rochebr. ex Crép.
- Rosa ludingensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa macrophylla Lindl.
- Rosa mairei H.Lév.
- Rosa majalis Herrm.
- Rosa × majorugosa Palmén & Hämet-Ahti
- Rosa × makinoana H.Ohba
- Rosa × malmundariensis Lej.
- Rosa mandenovae Gadzh.
- Rosa mandonii Déségl.
- Rosa manshurica Buzunova
- Rosa × margerisonii F.Lees
- Rosa marginata Wallr.
- Rosa × mariaegraebneriae Asch. & Graebn.
- Rosa × matraensis Borbás
- Rosa maximowicziana Regel
- Rosa × medioccidentis W.H.Lewis
- Rosa memoryae W.H.Lewis
- Rosa mesatlantica H.Lindb.
- Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm.
- Rosa × mikawamontana Mikanagi & H.Ohba
- Rosa minutifolia Engelm.
- Rosa × misimensis Nakai
- Rosa miyiensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa × molletorum Hesl.-Harr.
- Rosa × molliformis Wolley-Dod
- Rosa mollis Sm.
- Rosa × momiyamae H.Ohba
- Rosa montana Chaix
- Rosa morrisonensis Hayata
- Rosa moschata Herrm.
- Rosa moyesii Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa multibracteata Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa multiflora Thunb.
- Rosa murielae Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa nipponensis Crép.
- Rosa nitida Willd.
- Rosa × nitidula Besser
- Rosa nutkana C.Presl
- Rosa obtegens Galushko
- Rosa × odorata (Andrews) Sweet
- Rosa × oldhamii W.H.Lewis
- Rosa × oligocarpa Rydb.
- Rosa omeiensis Rolfe
- Rosa onoei Makino
- Rosa orientalis A.Dupont ex Ser.
- Rosa osmastonii Rawat & Pangtey
- Rosa ossethica Manden.
- Rosa oxyacantha M.Bieb.
- Rosa oxyodon Boiss.
- Rosa × oxyodontoides Galushko
- Rosa × ozcelikii Korkmaz & Kandemir
- Rosa × palustriformis Rydb.
- Rosa palustris Marshall
- Rosa paniculigera (Makino ex Koidz.) Momiy.
- Rosa × paulii Rehder
- Rosa pedunculata Kult.
- Rosa pendulina L.
- Rosa persetosa Rolfe
- Rosa persica Michaut ex Juss.
- Rosa × perthensis Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa × pervirens Gren. ex Crép.
- Rosa phoenicia Boiss.
- Rosa pinetorum A.Heller
- Rosa pinnatisepala T.C.Ku
- Rosa × piptocalyx Juz.
- Rosa pisocarpa A.Gray
- Rosa platyacantha Schrenk
- Rosa × polliniana Spreng.
- Rosa × pomazensis Degen
- Rosa popovii Chrshan.
- Rosa potentilliflora Chrshan. & Popov
- Rosa pouzinii Tratt.
- Rosa × praegeri Wolley-Dod
- Rosa praelucens Bijh.
- Rosa praetermissa Galushko
- Rosa prattii Hemsl.
- Rosa pricei Hayata
- Rosa prilipkoana Sosn.
- Rosa primula Boulenger
- Rosa prokhanovii Galushko
- Rosa pseudobanksiae T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa × pseudorusticana Crép. ex W.M.Rogers
- Rosa pseudoscabriuscula (R.Keller) Henker & G.Schulze
- Rosa pubicaulis Galushko
- Rosa × pulcherrima Koidz.
- Rosa pulverulenta M.Bieb.
- Rosa × reversa Waldst. & Kit.
- Rosa rhaetica Gremli
- Rosa roopiae Lonacz.
- Rosa × rothschildii Druce
- Rosa × rouyana Duffort ex Rouy
- Rosa roxburghii Tratt.
- Rosa rubiginosa L.
- Rosa rubus H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Rosa rugosa Thunb.
- Rosa russanovii Tkatsch.
- Rosa × sabinii J.Woods
- Rosa × salaevensis Rapin
- Rosa sambucina Koidz.
- Rosa saturata Baker
- Rosa saundersiae Rolfe
- Rosa × scabriuscula Winch ex Sm.
- Rosa schergiana Boiss.
- Rosa schrenkiana Crép.
- Rosa sempervirens L.
- Rosa serafinii Viv.
- Rosa sericea Lindl.
- Rosa sertata Rolfe
- Rosa setigera Michx.
- Rosa setipoda Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa shangchengensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa sherardii Davies
- Rosa sikangensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa sinobiflora T.C.Ku
- Rosa smoljanensis Popova
- Rosa sogdiana Tkatsch.
- Rosa soulieana Crép.
- Rosa × spaethiana Graebn.
- Rosa spinosissima L.
- Rosa × spinulifolia Dematra
- Rosa spithamea S.Watson
- Rosa squarrosa (A.Rau) Boreau
- Rosa stellata Wooton
- Rosa stylosa Desv.
- Rosa × subbuschiana Husseinov
- Rosa × subdola Déségl.
- Rosa × suberecta (Woods) Ley
- Rosa × suberectiformis Wolley-Dod
- Rosa × subpomifera Chrshan.
- Rosa taiwanensis Nakai
- Rosa taronensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa teberdensis Chrshan.
- Rosa × tephrophylla Gillot ex Rouy
- Rosa × terebinthinacea Déségl.
- Rosa terscolensis Galushko
- Rosa tianschanica Juz.
- Rosa tibetica T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa × timbalii Crép. ex Rouy
- Rosa tlaratensis Husseinov
- Rosa × toddiae Wolley-Dod
- Rosa tomentosa Sm.
- Rosa transcaucasica Manden.
- Rosa transmorrisonensis Hayata
- Rosa tschimganica Raikova ex Sumnev.
- Rosa tsinlingensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Rosa tunquinensis Crép.
- Rosa turcica Rouy
- Rosa turkestanica Regel
- Rosa uniflora Galushko
- Rosa uniflorella Buzunova
- Rosa valentinae Galushko
- Rosa vassilczenkoi Tkatsch.
- Rosa × verticillacantha Mérat
- Rosa × victoria-hungarorum Borbás
- Rosa × victoriana W.H.Lewis
- Rosa villosa L.
- Rosa virginiana Mill.
- Rosa × vituperabilis Duffort ex Rouy
- Rosa × warleyensis E.Willm.
- Rosa webbiana Wall. ex Royle
- Rosa weisiensis T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa willmottiae Hemsl.
- Rosa woodsii Lindl.
- Rosa xanthina Lindl.
- Rosa zalana Wiesb.
- Rosa zaramagensis Demurova
- Rosa zhongdianensis T.C.Ku
- Rosa zuvandica Gadzh.
- Bakeria (Gand.) Gand.
- Chabertia (Gand.) Gand.
- Chavinia (Gand.) Gand.
- Cottetia (Gand.) Gand.
- Crepinia (Gand.) Gand.
- Ernestella Germ.
- Hesperhodos Cockerell
- Hulthemia Dumort.
- × Hulthemosa Juz.
- Juzepczukia Chrshan.
- Laggeria (Gand.) Gand.
- Lowea Lindl.
- Ozanonia (Gand.) Gand.
- Platyrhodon Decne. ex Hurst
- Pugetia (Gand.) Gand.
- Rhodophora Neck.
- Rhodopsis (Endl.) Rchb.
- Ripartia (Gand.) Gand.
- Saintpierrea Germ.
- Scheutzia (Gand.) Gand.
Rosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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16092.000 | No | ||||
Ross-Craig, S. [1799], United Kingdom | 16101.000 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000639609 | Yes | |||
70000.262 | No | ||||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000639608 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000618172 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 491 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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