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R. acicularis
This species is widely distributed in the N temperate zone and has a great morphological variation. The varieties described by various authors are difficult to distinguish, owing to the presence of intermediate forms, and are all reduced to synonymy for the time being in this account.
synonyms: Rosa acicularis var. albiflora X. Lin & Y. L. Lin; R. acicularis var. glandulifolia Y. B. Chang; R. acicularis var. glandulosa Liou; R. acicularis var. gmelinii (Bunge) C. A. Meyer; R. acicularis var. pubescens Liou; R. acicularis var. setacea Liou; R. fauriei H. Léveillé; R. gmelinii Bunge; R. granulosa Keller; R. korsakoviensis H. Léveillé.