Taxon: Rosa virginiana Mill.

• conserved (nom. cons.)(Melbourne ICN Art. 14.10 & App. IV) over the earlier homonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 53) R. virginiana Herrm., nom. rej.
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

Common names:

• Virginia rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• virginische Rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• glansros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.], Prince Edward Island, Quebec [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Missouri [n.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee [c.], Virginia

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).
• Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1213. [proposal recommended].
• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland.
• Brummitt, R. K. 2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 62. Taxon 60:228–229. [proposal recommended].
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. [lists as R. virginiana Herrm.].
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as R. virginiana Herrm.].
• Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
• Lewis, W. H. 2008. (1859) Proposal to conserve the name Rosa virginiana Mill. against R. virginiana Herrm. (Rosaceae). Taxon 57:1363–1364.
• Lewis, W. H. 2008. Rosa carolina (Rosaceae) subspecies and hybrids in eastern and midwestern United States, Canada, and Mexico. Novon 18:197.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. [= R. palustris Marshall].
• Rhoads, A. F. & T. A. Block. 2000. The plants of Pennsylvannia. An illustrated manual.
• Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 86.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. [lists as R. virginiana Herrm.].
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [lists as R. virginiana Herrm.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [lists as R. virginiana Herrm.].
• Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rosa virginiana.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rosa virginiana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Rosa lucida Ehrh.
  

Check other web resources for Rosa virginiana Mill.:

• 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
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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:

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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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