Taxon: Rosa rugosa Thunb.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Rosa rugosa var. chamissoniana (no accessions)

Common names:

• Japanese rose   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• rugosa rose   (Source: Krussmann ) – English
  
• rugose rose   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• Turkestan rose   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• mei gui   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• rosier du japon   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• Kartoffel-Rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• haedanghwa   (Source: Gen Res Cr Ev 44:370) – Transcribed Korean
  
• vresros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3; Krussmann; Eur Gard F; Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (source of attar of roses used in perfumery fide Pl Res SEAs 19:158. 1999)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Primorye, Sakhalin
  China: China - Jilin [e.], Liaoning, Shandong [n.e.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu; Korea

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands
  Southeastern Europe: Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States

• widely cultivated

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea.
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Hoang, H.-D. et al. 1997. Additional notes to the checklist of Korean cultivated plants (5). Consolidated summary and indexes. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:370.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:127.
• Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. 1998. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 19:158. [mentions as R. rugosa Thunb. ex Murray].
• Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 89.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Yang, J.-H. et al. 2009. Genetic diversity of the endangered species Rosa rugosa Thunb. in China and implications for conservation strategies. J. Syst. Evol. 47:515–524.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rosa rugosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rosa rugosa.

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Synonyms:

• (=) Rosa rugosa f. alba Rehder
  
• (=) Rosa rugosa var. albiflora Koidz.
  

Check other web resources for Rosa rugosa Thunb.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Rosa rugosa cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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