Rosa oxyodon

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Rosa oxyodon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. oxyodon
Binomial name
Rosa oxyodon

Rosa oxyodon is a species of wild rose native to the Caucasus. It is closely related to Rosa pendulina . [1]

There have been various hypotheses about its evolutionary origin. According to one, it originated from the ancestor of R. pendulina as it migrated from Central Asia to Europe; in that view, the rare R. donetzica would be another relict of this migration. There is a second hypothesis, based on genetic data, which proposes that R. oxyodon arose as a separate species out of a series of hybridisations between R. majalis and R. pendulina. [2]

The presence of Rosa oxyodon was reported in one place outside the Caucasus in 1967: in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria, specifically in a single location near Kozyata Stena. [3] Although in subsequent Bulgarian literature it has been assumed that the species is native to the country, [4] [5] the case was re-examined by Polish botanist Jerzy Zieliński, who argued that the plants in question do not belong to R. oxyodon but instead represent a hybrid between R. pendulina and R. spinosissima . [1]

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References

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