Rosaceae
Rosa

Rosa indica L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 492 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to N. Indo-China, Taiwan. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, India, Marianas, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2: 1-1060. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2: 1-1060. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Vidal, J.E. (1968). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 6: 1-210. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 9: 1-494. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 685] K001111598 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 685] K001111597 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 685] K001111600 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 685], India K001111599 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 685] K001111596 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 685], Nepal K001111595 Yes
s.coll. [11711] Rosa cymosa K000730867 Yes
Bodinier, E. [1604], China Rosa cymosa K000730873 Yes
Grijs, de. [5690] Rosa cymosa K000730872 Yes
Sampson, G. [5690] Rosa cymosa K000730871 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], China Rosa cymosa K000730870 Unknown type material Yes
Wilson, E. H. [828], China Rosa cymosa K000730874 syntype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], China Rosa cymosa K000730868 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0