USDA ARS United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
  GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
Jump to common names  Jump to economic impacts  Jump to distribution  Jump to references  Jump to synonyms  Jump to links to other online resources  Jump to images

***Please tell us why you value GRIN Taxonomy***

Taxon: Rosa spinosissima L.

Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Rosoideae tribe: Roseae.
Nomen number: 32175
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:491. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: Linnaeus included both R. pimpinellifolia and R. majalis in original circumscription, but now typified on element equivalent to R. pimpinellifolia
Name verified on: 08-Dec-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Dec-2003
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • burnet rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  • Scotch rose   (Source: Zander ed16 [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  • Scotchbriar   (Source: Zander ed16 [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  • Scottish rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  • Scottish-briar   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  • mi ci qiang wei   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • rosier à feuilles de pimprenelle   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  • rosier d'ecosse   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  • Bibernell-Rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  • orientalisk pimpinellros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  • pimpinellros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Iran [n.w.]; Turkey [e.]
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.e.]; Kyrgyzstan
    China: China - Xinjiang
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
    East Europe: Estonia; Lithuania; Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe: France

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • 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).
  • Cafferty & S. & C. E. Jarvis. 2002. Typification of Linnaean plant names in Rosaceae. Taxon 51:543. [typify on element which includes R. pimpinellifolia L.].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [nom. ambig., in part = R. pimpinellifolia L.].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. [as nom. ambig., in part = R. pimpinellifolia & R. majalis].
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. [accepts].
  • Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  • Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. [accepts].
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [in part = R. pimpinellifolia L.].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [accepts].
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). [= R. pimpinellifolia L.].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [accepts].
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. [accepts].
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. [accepts].
  • Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 40. [= R. pimpinellifolia].
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [accepts].
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. [accepts].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [nom. ambig., in part = R. pimpinellifolia & R. majalis].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [sensu L. 1771 = R. pimpinellifolia L. (non sensu L. 1753)].
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
More:

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Rosa spinosissima L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Rosa spinosissima 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
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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
| USDA | ARS | GRIN | NPGS | New Search |
Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32175 (25 May 2013)

Please send us your comments

Close Window

Ctrl P to print