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roses
Rosa
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rosa
subgenusRosa
Hesperhodos
subgenusHesperhodos
Hulthemia
subgenusHulthemia
Rosa laxa
speciesRosa laxa
Damask rose
hybridRosa × damascena
white rose of York
hybridRosa × alba
cabbage rose
hybridRosa × centifolia
Rosa × majorugosa
hybridRosa × majorugosa
Phoenician Rose
speciesRosa phoenicia
Tea Rose
hybridRosa × odorata
Rosa viarum
speciesRosa viarum
Rosa grandiflora
speciesRosa grandiflora
Rosa × nitidula
hybridRosa × nitidula
polyantha rose
hybridRosa × rehderiana
Rosa × burboniana
hybridRosa × burboniana
Rosa oxyodon
speciesRosa oxyodon
Bourbon rose
speciesRosa indica
Rosa koreana
speciesRosa koreana
Rosa gracilipes
speciesRosa gracilipes
Rosa × kordesii
hybridRosa × kordesii
Rosa elasmacantha
speciesRosa elasmacantha
Rosa iberica
speciesRosa iberica
Rosa oxyacantha
speciesRosa oxyacantha
Rosa bourbonia
speciesRosa bourbonia
Rosa onoei
speciesRosa onoei
Noisette Rose
hybridRosa × noisettiana
Rosa pygmaea
speciesRosa pygmaea
Rosa × palustriformis
hybridRosa × palustriformis
Rosa dimorpha
speciesRosa dimorpha
Rosa iliensis
speciesRosa iliensis
Rosa buschiana
speciesRosa buschiana
Rosa uncinella
speciesRosa uncinella
Rosa crenatula
speciesRosa crenatula
Rosa elymaitica
speciesRosa elymaitica
Rosa achburensis
speciesRosa achburensis
Rosa cuneicarpa
speciesRosa cuneicarpa
Rosa lupulina
speciesRosa lupulina
Rosa marschalliana
speciesRosa marschalliana
Rosa sumneviczii
speciesRosa sumneviczii
Rosa × kamtschatica
hybridRosa × kamtschatica
Rosa × dumetorum
hybridRosa × dumetorum
Rosa × pervirens
hybridRosa × pervirens
Rosa pubicaulis
speciesRosa pubicaulis
Rosa valentinae
speciesRosa valentinae
Rosa kujmanica
speciesRosa kujmanica
Rosa galushkoi
speciesRosa galushkoi
Rosa transsilvanica
speciesRosa transsilvanica
Rosa boissieri
speciesRosa boissieri
Rosa × engelmannii
hybridRosa × engelmannii
Rosa gorenkensis
speciesRosa gorenkensis
Rosa gran-canariae
speciesRosa gran-canariae
Rosa lucidissima
speciesRosa lucidissima
Rosa kuhitangi
speciesRosa kuhitangi
Rosa subpomifera
speciesRosa subpomifera
Rosa × verticillacantha
hybridRosa × verticillacantha
Rosa × archipelagica
hybridRosa × archipelagica
Dutch Rose
hybridRosa × hollandica
Rosa khasautensis
speciesRosa khasautensis
Rosa podolica
speciesRosa podolica
Rosa involucrata
speciesRosa involucrata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 2
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1863 · p.7
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.98
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.99
Herbarius
1485 · p.240
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.94
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.741
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.87
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.224
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.520
Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.196
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 1
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1861 · p.7
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.110
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53438.