Article (magazine)  (2009)  Page(s) 30.  
 
R. nitidula Besser  Source RJBM [Réal Jardin Botanico Madrid] Chromosome Number 28

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 178.  
 
Botanical roses on the territory of the USSR, whose independence requires precising...
R. nitidula Bess. - according to Chrshanowskii similar to R. agrestis Sav. According to Juseptschuk a synonym for R. klukii Bess. (R. inodora Fries). According to Schmalhausen identical to R. boissieri Crép., similar to R. corymbifera Borkh.

Website/Catalog  (1844)  Page(s) 1.  
 
CANINA.
Rosa canina nitidula.

Book  (1821)  Page(s) 251.  
 
Rosa nitidula Bess.; germinibus ovatis basi pedunculisque hispidulis; aculeis caulinis sparsis valde compressis recurvis, petiolis glanduloso-villosis aculeatis, foliolis elliptico-ovatis acutis argute biserratis glabriusculis utrinque concoloribus, floribus solitariis. Besser. l.c.
Translation from the original German text:
The prickles are dispersed on the stem and the branches, are very much compressed and curved. The pedicels are glandular-hirsute, prickly. The leaflets elliptical-obovate, acute doubly serrated, smooth, monocolor, glossy? The blooms are solitary; the ovaries are ovate, which are tomentose at their base, like the peduncles.
Distribution: Tauria [Crimea]