Rosa cinnamomea L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 799

Rosa cinnamomea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 491. 1753 , typ. cons.

"Habitat in Helvetia." RCN: 3733.

Conserved type (Rowley in Jarvis in Taxon 41: 568. 1992): Herb. Linn. No. 652.8 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Rosa Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Rosa cinnamomea L. ( Rosaceae ).

Note: Rosa cinnamomea , with the type designated by Rowley, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 568. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).