Rosa × odorata

Species of flowering plant

Rosa × odorata

'Hume's Blush Tea-scented China'
Scientific 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.

* Media related to Rosa × odorata at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Rosa ×odorata|

* Wikidata: Q3206234
* Wikispecies: Rosa × odorata
* APNI: 211840
* EPPO: ROSOD
* FoC: 200011291
* GBIF: 3009087
* GRIN: 32120
* iNaturalist: 167991
* IPNI: 733521-1
* IRMNG: 10179192
* ITIS: 836669
* NatureServe: 2.155783
* NCBI: 267246
* NZOR: be06874b-c5b1-4654-b8d5-0227c088ea76
* Observation.org: 913737
* Open Tree of Life: 3905297
* PfaF: Rosa x odorata
* Plant List: rjp-6052
* PLANTS: ROOD2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:733521-1
* Tropicos: 100378716
* VASCAN: 8905
* WFO: wfo-0001014455

Rosa indica var. odorata|

* Wikidata: Q50891148
* APNI: 219470
* GBIF: 4926538
* GRIN: 5378
* IPNI: 60454757-2
* Tropicos: 27807496
* WFO: wfo-0001132002

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