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Rosaceae

Chestnut rose

Rosa roxburghii Tratt.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Chestnut rose: Rosa roxburghii cultivated in Wrocław University Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland.
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
ورد ركسبوري, ورد روكسبوري
arz
ورد روكسبيرجى
Chinese
缫丝花, 缫絲花, 单瓣缫丝花, 单瓣缫丝花(变型), 刺梨, 刺梨叶, 刺梨子, 刺梨根
English
Chestnut rose, Burr rose
Polish
Róża kasztanowa, Róża drobnolistna, cili

Synonyms

  • Juzepczukia microphylla Chrshan.
  • Juzepczukia roxburghii (Tratt.) Chrshan.
  • Platyrhodon macrophyllum (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Hurst
  • Platyrhodon microphyllum Hurst
  • Rosa forrestii Focke
  • Rosa microphylla Roxb. ex Lindl.
  • Rosa microphylla Pamp.
  • Rosa microphylla var. glabra Regel
  • Rosa microphylla var. plena Rehder
  • Rosa roxbourgii Tratt.
  • Rosa roxburghii f. esetosa T.C.Ku
  • Rosa roxburghii f. normalis Rehder & E.H.Wilson
  • Rosa roxburghii f. roxburghii
  • Rosa roxburghii var. plena Rehder
  • Saintpierrea microphylla Germ.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.