Rosa × odorata

Rosa × odorata
'Hume's Blush Tea-scented China'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. × odorata
Binomial name
Rosa × odorata
(Andrews) Sweet
Synonyms[1]
  • Rosa gechouitangensis H.Lév.
  • Rosa odoratissima Sweet ex Lindl.
  • Rosa oulengensis H.Lév.
  • Rosa pseudindica Lindl.
  • Rosa pseudoindica Lindl. [Spelling variant]
  • Rosa thea Savi
  • Rosa tongtchouanensis H.Lév.
'Mutabilis'

Rosa × odorata or Rosa odorata is a hybrid flowering plant of the genus Rosa native to Yunnan in southwest China, whose taxonomy has been confused. It has been considered a hybrid of Rosa gigantea and Rosa chinensis, or as a quite rare wild species that includes R. gigantea. The wild forms are cultivated to some extent.[2] Cultivars were developed in China in ancient times from R. chinensis crosses, and these have been important in the ancestry of the tea-scented China roses, also called tea roses, and their descendants the hybrid tea roses.

Varieties

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Four varieties of the species are recognized in the Flora of China:[2]

  • R. odorata var. odorata, with white or pink-and-white petals
  • R. odorata var. gigantea, see Rosa gigantea, with white petals
  • R. odorata var. pseudoindica, with yellow or orange petals
  • R. odorata var. erubescens, with pale pink petals

Cultivars

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The cultivar R. odorata 'Mutabilis' is widely cultivated, and is notable for the fact that the blooms change colour from yellow to pink. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and broad, it is a lax, thornless shrub. It prefers an open position in full sun. This cultivar has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Other cultivar names include 'Bengal Crimson'[4][5] and Bengal Beauty.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Flora of China: Rosa odorata
  3. ^ "Rosa × odorata 'Mutabilis' (Ch)". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  4. ^ "Rosa x odorata Bengal Crimson | from Specialist in Old Roses".
  5. ^ "The Botanic Nursery - Catalogue". Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  6. ^ "Rosa x odorata Sanquinea Group Tea rose China rose chinensis 'Sanguinea' chinensis sanguinea 'Sanguinea' 'Bengal Beauty' 'Bengal Crimson' Chinese rose Care Plant Varieties & Pruning Advice".
  7. ^ "Rosa × odorata 'Bengal Crimson' AGM". 22 November 2019.