List of Rosa species

There is significant disagreement over the number of true rose species. Some species are so similar that they could easily be considered variations of a single species, while other species show enough variation that they could easily be considered to be different species. Lists of rose species usually show more than 320. The numbers 320 to 350 are the figures accepted by most botanists, but as Bailey has pointed out the extreme lumpers Bentham and Hooker only allowed for thirty species, while the extreme splitter Michel Gandoger allowed 4266 species just in Europe and western Asia.

Subgenera and sections

There are currently four subgenera in ''Rosa'' although there has been some disputes over the years.

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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 roses without compound leaves or stipules.
*''Hesperrhodos'' (from the Greek for "western rose") has two species, both from southwestern North America. These are ''R. minutifolia'' and ''R. stellata''.
*''Platyrhodon'' (from the Greek for "flaky rose", referring to flaky bark) with one species from east Asia, ''R. roxburghii''.
*''Rosa'' (the type subgenus) containing all the other roses. This subgenus is subdivided into 11 sections.
**''Banksianae'' – white and yellow roses from China
**''Bracteatae'' – three species, two from China and one from India
**''Caninae'' – pink and white species from Asia, Europe and North Africa
**''Carolinae'' – white, pink, and bright pink species all from North America
**''Chinensis'' – white, pink, yellow, red and mixed-color roses from China and Burma
**''Gallicanae'' – pink to crimson and striped roses from western Asia and Europe
**''Gymnocarpae'' – a small group distinguished by a deciduous receptacle on the hip; one species in western North America (''R. gymnocarpa''), the others in east Asia
**''Laevigatae'' – a single white species from China
**''Pimpinellifoliae'' – white, pink, bright yellow, mauve and striped roses from Asia and Europe
**''Rosa'' (syn. sect. ''Cinnamomeae'') – white, pink, lilac, mulberry and red roses from everywhere but North Africa
**''Synstylae'' – white, pink, and crimson roses from all areas

Species

The following species are accepted:
*'' Rosa abietina'' Gren. ex Christ
*'' Rosa abrica'' Khat. & Koobaz
*'' Rosa abutalybovii'' Gadzh.
*''Rosa abyssinica'' R.Br. ex Lindl.
*''Rosa achburensis'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa acicularis'' Lindl. – arctic rose, prickly rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa adenophylla'' Galushko
*''Rosa agrestis'' Savi – fieldbriar (''Caninae'')
*'' Rosa alabukensis'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa alberti'' Regel
*'' Rosa alexeenkoi'' Crép. ex Juz.
*'' Rosa × alpestris'' Rapin
*'' Rosa altidaghestanica'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa amblyophylla'' Kult.
*'' Rosa × andegavensis'' Bastard
*'' Rosa arabica'' (Crép. ex Boiss.) Déségl.
*'' Rosa × archipelagica'' Tchubar
*'' Rosa arensii'' Juz. & Galushko
*''Rosa arkansana'' Porter – wild prairie rose, Arkansas rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa arvensis'' Huds. – field rose, trailing rose (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa × atlantica'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa × avrayensis'' Rouy & E.G.Camus
*'' Rosa awarica'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa baiyushanensis'' Q.L.Wang
*'' Rosa balcarica'' Galushko
*''Rosa balsamica'' Willd.
*'' Rosa banksiae'' R.Br.
*'' Rosa banksiopsis'' Baker
*'' Rosa × baxanensis'' Galushko
*'' Rosa beauvaisii'' Cardot
*'' Rosa beggeriana'' Schrenk – (''Gymnocarpae'')
*''Rosa bella'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
*'' Rosa bellicosa'' Nevski
*'' Rosa × belnensis'' Ozanon
*'' Rosa × bengyana'' Rouy & L.C.Lamb.
*'' Rosa biebersteiniana'' Tratt.
*'' Rosa × bigeneris'' Duffort ex Rouy
*'' Rosa × binaloudensis'' Vaezi, Arjmandi & Sharghi
*'' Rosa × bishopii'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa × biturigensis'' Boreau
*'' Rosa blanda'' Aiton – smooth rose
*'' Rosa boissieri'' Crép.
*'' Rosa × bolanderi'' Greene
*'' Rosa bracteata'' J.C.Wendl. – Chicksaw Rose, Macartney Rose (''Bracteatae'')
*'' Rosa bridgesii'' Crép. ex Rydb.
*'' Rosa brotherorum'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa brunonii'' Lindl. – Himalayan musk rose, Brown's musk rose (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa bugensis'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa buschiana'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa caesia'' Sm.
*'' Rosa calantha'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa calcarea'' Lipsch. & Sumnev.
*'' Rosa californica'' Cham. & Schltdl. – California wild rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa calyptopoda'' Cardot
*'' Rosa × canadensis'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa canina'' L. – dog rose (''Caninae'')
*''Rosa carolina'' L. – Carolina rose, pasture rose (''Carolinae'')
*'' Rosa caryophyllacea'' Besser
*'' Rosa caudata'' Baker
*'' Rosa × caviniacensis'' Ozanon
*'' Rosa chavinii'' Rapin ex Reut.
*'' Rosa chengkouensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa chinensis'' Jacq.
*'' Rosa chionistrae'' H.Lindb.
*'' Rosa × churchillii'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa clinophylla'' Thory – (''Bracteatae'')
*'' Rosa × consanguinea'' Gren.
*'' Rosa corymbifera'' Borkh. – (''Caninae'')
*''Rosa corymbulosa'' Rolfe
*'' Rosa × cottetii'' Lagger & Puget ex Cottet
*'' Rosa coziae'' Nyár.
*'' Rosa cziragensis'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa daishanensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa darginica'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa dauurica'' Pall.
*''Rosa davidii'' Crép. – Father David's rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa deqenensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa derongensis'' T.C.Ku
*''Rosa deseglisei'' Boreau
*'' Rosa diplodonta'' Dubovik
*'' Rosa dolichocarpa'' Galushko
*'' Rosa doluchanovii'' Manden.
*'' Rosa donetzica'' Dubovik
*'' Rosa × dryadea'' Ripart ex Déségl.
*'' Rosa dsharkenti'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa dubovikiae'' Mironova
*'' Rosa × dulcissima'' Lunell
*'' Rosa × dumalis'' Bechst. – glaucous dog rose
*'' Rosa × dumetorum'' Thuill.
*'' Rosa duplicata'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa ecae'' Aitch. – (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa elymaitica'' Boiss. & Hausskn.
*'' Rosa × engelmannii'' S.Watson
*''Rosa ermanica'' Manden.
*'' Rosa facsarii'' Ker.-Nagy
*'' Rosa fargesiana'' Boulenger
*'' Rosa farreri'' Stapf ex Cox – Farrer's threepenny-bit rose
*'' Rosa × fernaldiorum'' W.H.Lewis
*''Rosa filipes'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
*'' Rosa foetida'' Herrm. – Austrian briar (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa foliolosa'' Nutt.
*'' Rosa forrestiana'' Boulenger
*''Rosa freitagii'' Ziel.
*'' Rosa fujisanensis'' (Makino) Makino
*'' Rosa gadzhievii'' Chrshan. & Iskend.
*'' Rosa gallica'' L. – French rose, rose of Provins (''Gallicanae'')
*'' Rosa galushkoi'' Demurova
*'' Rosa × gilmaniana'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa giraldii'' Crép.
*''Rosa glabrifolia'' C.A.Mey. ex Rupr.
*'' Rosa glandulososetosa'' Gadzh.
*'' Rosa glauca'' Pourr. – redleaf rose
*'' Rosa × glaucoides'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa glomerata'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
*'' Rosa gorenkensis'' Besser
*'' Rosa graciliflora'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
*''Rosa gracilipes'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa × grovesii'' (Baker) Maskew
*'' Rosa gymnocarpa'' Nutt. – (''Gymnocarpae'')
*'' Rosa × hainesii'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa × harmsiana'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa heckeliana'' Tratt.
*'' Rosa helenae'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson – (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa hemisphaerica'' Herrm. – sulphur rose (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa × henryana'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa henryi'' Boulenger
*'' Rosa hezhangensis'' T.L.Xu
*'' Rosa × hibernica'' Templeton
*'' Rosa hirtissima'' Lonacz.
*'' Rosa hirtula'' (Regel) Nakai
*'' Rosa × hodgdonii'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa × housei'' Erlanson
*'' Rosa × hyogoensis'' H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
*'' Rosa iberica'' Steven ex M.Bieb.
*'' Rosa iliensis'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa iljinii'' Chrshan. ex Gadzh.
*'' Rosa indica'' L.
*'' Rosa inodora'' Fr.
*'' Rosa × involuta'' Sm.
*'' Rosa irinae'' Demurova
*'' Rosa irysthonica'' Manden.
*'' Rosa isaevii'' Gadzh. & Iskand.
*'' Rosa × iwara'' Siebold ex Regel
*'' Rosa jaroschenkoi'' Gadzh. & Iskand.
*'' Rosa juzepczukiana'' Vassilcz.
*'' Rosa kamelinii'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa karaalmensis'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa kazarjanii'' Sosn.
*'' Rosa khasautensis'' Galushko
*'' Rosa kokanica'' (Regel) Regel ex Juz. – (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa kokijrimensis'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa koreana'' Kom.
*'' Rosa × kotschyana'' Boiss.
*'' Rosa kuhitangi'' Nevski
*'' Rosa kujmanica'' Golitsin
*''Rosa kunmingensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa kwangtungensis'' T.T.Yu & H.T.Tsai
*'' Rosa kweichowensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa laevigata'' Michx. – Cherokee rose, camellia rose, Mardan rose (''Laevigatae'')
*'' Rosa langyashanica'' D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao
*'' Rosa lasiosepala'' F.P.Metcalf
*'' Rosa laxa'' Retz. – (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa leschenaultiana'' (Thory) Wight & Arn.
*'' Rosa lichiangensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa livescens'' Besser
*'' Rosa × longicolla'' Ravaud ex Rouy
*'' Rosa longicuspis'' Bertol.
*'' Rosa longshoushanica'' L.Q.Zhao & Y.Z.Zhao
*'' Rosa lucidissima'' H.Lév.
*'' Rosa lucieae'' Franch. & Rochebr. ex Crép.
*'' Rosa ludingensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa macrophylla'' Lindl. – (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa mairei'' H.Lév.
*''Rosa majalis'' Herrm. – cinnamon rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa × makinoana'' H.Ohba
*'' Rosa mandenovae'' Gadzh.
*'' Rosa mandonii'' Déségl.
*'' Rosa × margerisonii'' F.Lees
*'' Rosa marginata'' Wallr.
*'' Rosa × massiana'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa maximowicziana'' Regel
*'' Rosa × medioccidentis'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa memoryae'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa mesatlantica'' H.Lindb.
*'' Rosa micrantha'' Borrer ex Sm.
*'' Rosa × mikawamontana'' Mikanagi & H.Ohba
*'' Rosa minutifolia'' Engelm. – (''Hesperrhodos'')
*'' Rosa × misimensis'' Nakai
*'' Rosa miyiensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa × molletorum'' Hesl.-Harr.
*'' Rosa × molliformis'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa mollis'' Sm.
*'' Rosa × momiyamae'' H.Ohba
*'' Rosa montana'' Chaix
*'' Rosa morrisonensis'' Hayata
*'' Rosa moschata'' Herrm. – musk rose
*''Rosa moyesii'' Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson – (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa multibracteata'' Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson – (''Rosa'')
*''Rosa multiflora'' Thunb. – multiflora rose (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa murielae'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson
*'' Rosa nipponensis'' Crép.
*''Rosa nitida'' Willd. – (''Carolinae'')
*'' Rosa × nitidula'' Besser
*'' Rosa × novae-angliae'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa nutkana'' C.Presl – Nootka rose, Nutka rose
*'' Rosa obtegens'' Galushko
*''Rosa odorata'' (Andrews) Sweet
*'' Rosa × oldhamii'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa × oligocarpa'' Rydb.
*'' Rosa omeiensis'' Rolfe
*'' Rosa onoei'' Makino
*'' Rosa orientalis'' A.Dupont ex Ser.
*'' Rosa osmastonii'' Rawat & Pangtey
*'' Rosa ossethica'' Manden.
*''Rosa oxyacantha'' M.Bieb.
*'' Rosa oxyodon'' Boiss.
*'' Rosa × oxyodontoides'' Galushko
*'' Rosa × ozcelikii'' Korkmaz & Kandemir
*'' Rosa × palustriformis'' Rydb.
*''Rosa palustris'' Marshall – swamp rose (''Carolinae'')
*'' Rosa paniculigera'' (Makino ex Koidz.) Momiy.
*'' Rosa × paulii'' Rehder
*'' Rosa pedunculata'' Kult.
*''Rosa pendulina'' L.
*'' Rosa persetosa'' Rolfe
*''Rosa persica'' Michaut ex Juss.
*'' Rosa × pervirens'' Gren. ex Crép.
*'' Rosa phoenicia'' Boiss.
*'' Rosa pinetorum'' A.Heller
*'' Rosa pinnatisepala'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa × piptocalyx'' Juz.
*'' Rosa pisocarpa'' A.Gray
*'' Rosa platyacantha'' Schrenk
*'' Rosa × polliniana'' Spreng.
*'' Rosa popovii'' Chrshan.
*''Rosa pouzinii'' Tratt.
*'' Rosa × praegeri'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa praelucens'' Bijh.
*'' Rosa praetermissa'' Galushko
*'' Rosa prattii'' Hemsl.
*'' Rosa pricei'' Hayata
*'' Rosa primula'' Boulenger – incense rose (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa prokhanovii'' Galushko
*'' Rosa pseudobanksiae'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa × pseudorusticana'' Crép. ex W.M.Rogers
*'' Rosa pseudoscabriuscula'' (R.Keller) Henker & G.Schulze
*'' Rosa pubicaulis'' Galushko
*'' Rosa × pulcherrima'' Koidz.
*'' Rosa pulverulenta'' M.Bieb.
*'' Rosa × reversa'' Waldst. & Kit.
*'' Rosa rhaetica'' Gremli
*'' Rosa roopiae'' Lonacz.
*'' Rosa × rothschildii'' Druce
*'' Rosa × rouyana'' Duffort ex Rouy
*''Rosa roxburghii'' Tratt. – chestnut rose, burr rose (''Platyrhodon'')
*'' Rosa rubiginosa'' L. – sweetbriar, eglantine (''Caninae'')
*'' Rosa rubus'' H.Lév. & Vaniot
*''Rosa rugosa'' Thunb. – Ramanas rose, Japanese rose (''Rosa'')
*'' Rosa russanovii'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa × sabinii'' J.Woods
*'' Rosa × salaevensis'' Rapin
*'' Rosa sambucina'' Koidz.
*'' Rosa saturata'' Baker
*'' Rosa saundersiae'' Rolfe
*'' Rosa × scabriuscula'' Winch ex Sm.
*'' Rosa schergiana'' Boiss.
*'' Rosa schrenkiana'' Crép.
*'' Rosa sempervirens'' L. – evergreen rose (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa serafinii'' Viv.
*'' Rosa sericea'' Lindl. – winged rose (''Pimpinellifoliae'')
*'' Rosa sertata'' Rolfe
*''Rosa setigera'' Michx. – climbing rose (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa setipoda'' Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
*'' Rosa shangchengensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa sherardii'' Davies
*'' Rosa sikangensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa sinobiflora'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa sogdiana'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa soulieana'' Crép. – (''Synstylae'')
*'' Rosa spinosissima'' L.
*'' Rosa × spinulifolia'' Dematra
*'' Rosa spithamea'' S.Watson
*'' Rosa squarrosa'' (A.Rau) Boreau
*''Rosa stellata'' Wooton – gooseberry rose, Sacramento rose (''Hesperrhodos'')
*'' Rosa stylosa'' Desv.
*'' Rosa subbuschiana'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa × suberecta'' (Woods) Ley
*'' Rosa × suberectiformis'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa × subpomifera'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa taiwanensis'' Nakai
*'' Rosa taronensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa teberdensis'' Chrshan.
*'' Rosa terscolensis'' Galushko
*'' Rosa tianschanica'' Juz.
*'' Rosa tibetica'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa tlaratensis'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa × toddiae'' Wolley-Dod
*'' Rosa tomentosa'' Sm.
*'' Rosa transcaucasica'' Manden.
*'' Rosa transmorrisonensis'' Hayata
*'' Rosa tschimganica'' Raikova ex Sumnev.
*'' Rosa tsinlingensis'' Pax & K.Hoffm.
*'' Rosa tunquinensis'' Crép.
*'' Rosa turcica'' Rouy
*'' Rosa turkestanica'' Regel
*'' Rosa uniflora'' Galushko
*'' Rosa uniflorella'' Buzunova
*'' Rosa usischensis'' Husseinov
*'' Rosa vassilczenkoi'' Tkatsch.
*'' Rosa × verticillacantha'' Mérat
*'' Rosa × victoriana'' W.H.Lewis
*'' Rosa villosa'' L.
*''Rosa virginiana'' Mill.
*'' Rosa × vituperabilis'' Duffort ex Rouy
*'' Rosa × waitziana'' Waitz ex Tratt.
*'' Rosa × warleyensis'' E.Willm.
*''Rosa webbiana'' Wall. ex Royle
*'' Rosa weisiensis'' T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
*''Rosa willmottiae'' Hemsl. – (''Gymnocarpae'')
*'' Rosa woodsii'' Lindl. – mountain rose
*'' Rosa xanthina'' Lindl. – Manchu rose
*'' Rosa zalana'' Wiesb.
*'' Rosa zaramagensis'' Demurova
*'' Rosa zhongdianensis'' T.C.Ku
*'' Rosa zuvandica'' Gadzh.

See also

* Garden roses
* Rose garden
*Rose trial grounds
* ADR rose
*Rose show
* List of Award of Garden Merit roses
* List of rose cultivars named after people

References

External links

World Federation of Rose Societies

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