Rosa × odorata
| Rosa × odorata | |
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| Rosa × odorata shrub | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. odorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rosa odorata (Andrews) Sweet | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rosa × odorata or Rosa odorata is a member of the genus Rosa native to Yunnan in Southwest China, whose taxonomy has been confused. It has been considered to be hybrid between Rosa gigantea and Rosa chinensis, or as a quite rare wild species that includes R. gigantea. The wild forms are cultivated to some extent.[2] Cultivars were developed in China in ancient times from R. chinensis crosses, and these have been important in the ancestry of the tea-scented China roses, also called tea roses, and their descendants the hybrid tea roses.
Varieties
Four varieties of the species are recognized in the Flora of China:[2]
- R. odorata var. odorata, with white or pink-and-white petals
- R. odorata var. gigantea, see Rosa gigantea, with white petals
- R. odorata var. pseudoindica, with yellow or orange petals
- R. odorata var. erubescens, with pale pink petals
References
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- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- 1 2 Flora of China: Rosa odorata
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