Rosa chinensis

Rosa chinensis
	A double-flowered cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rosa
Species:	R. chinensis
Binomial name
	Rosa chinensis; Jacq.
Synonyms
	Rosa bengalensis Pers.; Rosa diversifolia Vent.; Rosa indica auct. non L.; Rosa laurentiae Tratt.; Rosa lawranceana Sweet; Rosa longifolia Willd.; Rosa mutabilis Correvon; Rosa nankinensis Lour.; Rosa nanula Hoffmanns.; Rosa rouletii Correvon; Rosa semperflorens W.M.Curtis;

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. The first publication of Rosa chinensis was in 1768 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in Observationum Botanicarum, 3, p. 7 & plate 55.

^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rosa chinensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Rosa chinensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[1] "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[BSBI07-2] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rosa chinensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[GRIN-4] "Rosa chinensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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