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 bheels, jheels) of Bangladesh.[2][3]

References

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  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


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