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Rosa × odorata or Rosa odorata is a hybrid flowering plant of the genus Rosa native to Yunnan in southwest China, whose taxonomy has been confused. It has been considered a hybrid of 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]
Rosa gigantea is a species of rose native to northeast India, northern Myanmar and southwest China in the foothills of the Himalaya at 1000–1500 m altitude. It is sometimes considered to be a variety of Rosa odorata , as R. odorata var. gigantea .
This is the category of the genus Rosa, the Roses, including all species and cultivars. ... Rosa × odorata; Rosa omeiensis; Rosa oxyodon; P. Rosa palustris; Rosa ...
Rosa banksiae Rosa persica. There are currently four subgenera in Rosa, although there have been some disputes over the years. [3] The four subgenera are: Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning "with single leaves") containing one or two species from Southwest Asia, R. persica and R. berberifolia (syn. R. persica var. berberifolia) which are the only species without compound leaves or ...
Classical writers did not recognise Rosa canina as a rose, but called it Cynorrhodon, from the Greek "kunórodon". In 1538, Turner called it "Cynosbatos : wild hep or brere tree". Yet in 1551, Matthias de l'Obel classified it as a rose, under the name, "Canina Rosa odorata et silvestris", in his herbal "Rubus canis: Brere bush or hep tree" . [12]
Odoratus is a Latin adjective meaning "fragrant, perfumed" (feminine form odorata, neuter form odoratum), and may refer to: Aerides odorata, a species of orchid; Aglaia odorata, a species of plant in the family Meliaceae; Anthoxanthum odoratum, known as sweet vernal grass, holy grass, or buffalo grass; Ascalapha odorata bears the common name ...
The rose subfamily Rosoideae consists of more than 850 species, including many shrubs, perennial herbs, and fruit plants such as strawberries and brambles.Only a few are annual herbs.
The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.