Rosa oxyodon is a species of wild rose native to the Caucasus. It is closely related to Rosa pendulina.[1]
| Rosa oxyodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. oxyodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Rosa oxyodon | |
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]
References edit
- ^ a b Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. p. 56. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.
- ^ Šancer, I.A.; Abakarova, B.A. (2012). "Proizhoždenie Rosa oxyodon i plejstocenovye kontakty meždu Karpatami i Kavkazom". Biogeografija: metodologija, regionalʹnyj i metodologičeskij aspekty (in Russian). Moscow: KMK. pp. 248–52. ISBN 978-5-87317-807-0.
- ^ Dimitrov, St.; Delipavlov, D.; Popova, M.; Gramatikov, D.; Češmedžiev, Il. (1967). "Materiali i beležki po florata na Bǎlgarija". Naučni trudove - Visš selskostopanski institut "Vasil Kolarov" – Plovdiv (in Bulgarian). 16 (1). Hristo G. Danov: 215–20.
- ^ Dimitrov, Stojan G. (1973). "Rosa". In Jordanov, D.; Vǎlev, St.; Asenov, Iv. (eds.). Flora na Narodna republika Bǎlgarija (in Bulgarian). Vol. V. Sofia: BAN. p. 157.
- ^ Asyov, B.; Petrova, A.; Dimitrov, D.; Vassilev, R. (2012). Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora : Distribution Maps and Floristic Elements (4 ed.). Sofia: Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation. p. 351.