Rosa clinophylla

Rosa clinophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species: R. clinophylla
Binomial name
Rosa clinophylla
Thory
Synonyms[1]
  • Rosa involucrata Roxb. ex Lindl.
  • R. involucrata Roxb. nom. nud.
  • R. lyellii Lindl.
  • R. palustris Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.

Rosa clinophylla (Bengali name: seunti) is a member of the genus Rosa native to the Himalayas, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.[1]

It is a large shrub growing to 6 metres (20 ft) tall[1] and it can grow in swampy areas such as the haors (or beels, jheels) of Bangladesh.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hideaki Ohba and Colin A. Pendry, "Rosa clinophylla Thory, Roses 1: 43 (1817)", Flora of Nepal
  2. ↑ Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879), "Rosa involucrata Roxb.", The flora of British India, 2, pp. 365–365
  3. ↑ Mokaram Hossain (19 February 2016), "In quest of the Jewels of Haors", The Daily Star
  • Les Roses, 3 (third ed.), Paris: P. Dufart, 1835 plate 153 Rosa clinophylla: Rosier à feuilles penchées


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