See other conspecific taxa:

• Rosa chinensis var. chinensis (0 accessions)
• Rosa chinensis var. spontanea (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Rosa chinensis f. chinensis Jacq.
• (=) Rosa chinensis var. manettii Dippel
• (I) Rosa indica auct.
• (=) Rosa roulettii Correvon
• (=) Rosa sinica L.

Common names:

• Bengal rose  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• China rose  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• yue ji hua  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Chinese
• China-Rose  (Source: Zander ed16) - German
• kōshin-bara  (Source: F Okin) - Japanese Rōmaji
• yue ji  (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - Transcribed Chinese
• wolgyehwa  (Source: F Korea) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; ornamental; ornamental; ornamental
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Guizhou Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Sichuan Sheng]


Cultivated (widely cult.)

References:

1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
5. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
6. Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977-. Flora intramongolica.
7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
8. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
10. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
11. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
14. Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 136.
15. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
16. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
18. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:240.
19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: recognized as a wild Chinese species with three varieties, an widely cultivated elsewhere

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5318. Accessed 18 May 2024.