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Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季; pinyin: yuèjì), known commonly as the China rose, [2] Chinese rose, [3] or Bengal rose, [4] is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces.
Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, or letchberry) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on beach coasts, often on sand dunes. [1] It is naturalized in much of Europe and parts of the United States and Canada. [2]
Rosa banksiae, common names Lady Banks' rose, or just Banks' rose, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, native to central and western China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Yunnan, at altitudes of 500–2,200 m (1,640–7,218 ft). [3]
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The specific epithet rosa-sinensis literally means "rose of China", although the plant is not closely related to true roses, nor is it from China. [10] The genus Hibiscus is in the tribe Hibisceae and the subfamily Malvoideae of the family Malvaceae. [11] The origin of the species has long been unknown; it has never been found out of cultivation.
Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience ; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge , [ 6 ] and it has been characterized as quackery .
'Mutabilis' 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.
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