Rosa L.
(roses and briars)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Species 10 images
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Species 1 subtaxa 64 images
Flower bud (Click to open)
Species aggregate 6 images
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Species 7 images
Flower (Click to open)
Species 10 images
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Species 73 images
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Species 27 images
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Species 31 images 2 ident. refs
Stipule (Click to open)
Species 60 images
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Species 21 images
Flowers (Click to open)
Species 45 images
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Species 20 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRosa (roses and briars)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Graham, G.G. & Primavesi, A.L. 1993 Roses of Great Britain and Ireland BSBI Handbooks, No 7, 208pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

Rosa (roses and briars) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rosa (roses and briars)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 326 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rosa (roses and briars)
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