(2019)  
 
Rosa balsamica Bess. (1815)...Shrub with arcuately curved branches, up to 1.5-2.0 m in height; thorns are large, sickle-curved, rarely almost straight. Leaves 6-7 cm in length; stipules of medium size, pubescent on both sides, only from below with admixture of a few small glands; 5 leaflets, less often 7, widely elliptical, often almost rounded, 20–25 mm long and 15–20 mm wide, pubescent on both sides, or just below, with an admixture of frequent but small glands. Flowers 2-3; pedicels 1-2 cm long, smooth or only with single glandular setae; sepals with well-developed appendages, sometimes pinnate, thickly covered with glands along the edge and below, bent down after flowering, often remaining on mature fruits; head stigma loose, pubescent. Hypanthias are rather large, oval or spherical, completely bare and smooth; nutlike fruit.
Distribution: North Caucasus, Central Europe, South Eastern Europe.

(2019)  
 
Rosa caryophyllacea Besser (1811) ... Dense shrub of carnation-like roses up to 250 cm in height; spikes are the same, curved; 5 leaflets, less often 7, elliptical, 25-30 mm long and 15-20 mm wide, bare on both sides, bottom along the veins with ferruginous, sometimes glands are also observed on the upper side of the leaflets. Carnation-like rose flowers in few-flowered inflorescences, rarely single, about 5 cm in diameter; pedicels 8–12 mm long, less often sparsely glandular; sepals cirrus [? перистые], after flowering bent down, fall to the redness of the fruit; head stigma loose, pubescent. Fruits are smooth, ovate-spherical or elliptical, red when ripe; nutlets are located on the inner wall or only at the bottom of the fruit.             
Distribution: Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, the Caucasus.

(2019)  
 
Rosa chrshanovskii Dubovik ... Low shrub rose Chrzhanovsky, up to 60 cm tall, with long rhizome shoots; trunks and branches with single thin, straight or slightly curved spikes. Leaves 5-10 cm long; stipules well developed, 10–20 mm in length and 3–7 mm in width on both sides bare, bottom and ferruginous along the edge; leaflets, 5-7 in number, from ovate to elliptical, usually 20–40 mm in length and 10–24 mm in width, dotted with small glands and occasionally with hairs from below; the teeth are doubly glandular-toothed, topped with stalked glands. Flowers solitary, at least 2-3; fertile bristle pedicels, 10–20 mm long; sepals long, 12–17 mm long, lateral appendages narrow-pinnate, dotted with stalked glands below and along the edge, after flowering are turned down, fall to the reddening of fruits; head of columns is large, sessile, white crowned. Hypanthias are large, oblong-spherical or ellipsoidal, when ripe dark red, shiny, bare, or with single galnds at base; nutlets fruit.
General distribution: Eastern Pontic, Crimea, northern Azov.
Economic value: as an ornamental plant.

(2019)  
 
Rosa dimorpha Stev. es Bess. (1814) ... Shrub rose dimorphic with arcuately curved branches, 1.5-2.5 m in height; spines are very frequent, small, 5-6 mm in length, of the same type, hook-shaped, curved. Leaves 5-8 cm in length; stipules well developed, pubescent only from below and along the edge, devoid of glands; 5-7 leaflets, from narrow elliptic to elliptical, pubescent on both sides, simple toothed. Flowers 1-3; pedicels equal in length to fruits or longer than them, ferruginous and bristly; sepals after flowering down bent, often lingering on ripe fruit, glandular from below; head stigma loose, pubescent. Hypanthias are oval, densely ferruginous and bristly; nutlets fruit.  
Distribution: southern regions of Eastern Europe.
The use of Rosa dimorpha: Good tanning agent, source of Cholosas [Холосас: a liver drug]

(2019)  
 
Rosa kalmiussica Chrshan. et Laseb. (1958) ... Shrub with arcuately curved branches, 1-2 m tall; spines are very frequent, small, 5-6 mm in length, of the same type, hook-shaped, curved. Leaves 5-8 cm in length; stipules are well developed, softly pubescent only below and along the edge, devoid of glands; 5-7 leaflets, from narrow elliptic to elliptical, pubescent on both sides. Flowers 1-3; pedicels thin, 8-10 mm long, bare and smooth; sepals after flowering rise, but do not reach a horizontal position; head stigma loose, pubescent. Hypanthias are oval, bare and smooth; nutlets fruit.
Distribution: south of Eastern Russia.
Economic value: as a vitamin, a good tanning agent, a source of Cholosas [Холосас: a liver drug] , a stock for cultivated roses

(2019)  
 
Rosa maeotica Dubovik (1966) .... Shrub rose of Azov 1-1.5 m in height, with arcuately curved branches; spikes sickle-curved, sometimes almost straight. Average leaves of flowering shoots up to 7 cm in length, bare; stipules are usually narrow with sharp ears; 5 leaflets, elliptical, bare and smooth on both sides. Flowers are usually solitary, less often in inflorescences; pedicels bare 12-16 mm; sepals with well-developed appendages, after flowering rejected to the sides, but do not reach the horizontal position and so remain until the redness of the hypanthes. The columns are pubescent, the head is stigma on the leg. Hypanthias are ovoid or ellipsoidal; nutlets fruit.
Distribution: Widely distributed in the Azov region.
The use of Azov roses: as a vitamin, a good tanning agent, a source of Cholosas [Холосас: a liver drug] , a stock for cultivated roses.

(2019)  
 
Rosa microdenia Mironova (1994) ...Erect rose shrub finely toothed 100-150 cm tall; flowering shoots are covered with small and almost straight spikes. The middle leaves of flowering shoots are large, 5-7 cm long; stipules below are rarely pubescent with an admixture of glands; leaflets in number 5, rarely 7, on average 20–35 mm long and 13–30 mm wide, from elliptical to broadly elliptical, glandular on both sides, pubescent below, hairless from above or with sparse hairs. Flowers solitary, at least 2-3; pedicels 5–10 mm in length, more or less iron-bristly; sepals with lateral appendages, horizontally prostrate after flowering, pubescent on both sides, with glands along the edge, fall to the fruit ripening; rose petals; head stigma sessile, almost woolly-hairy. Hypanthias are large, widely elliptic or almost spherical, completely devoid of glands; nutlets fruit.
Distribution: South-Eastern Russia.
Economic value: possibly vitamin.

(2019)  
 
Rosa nisami D. Sosn. (1944) ...Shrub rose Nizami 120-180 cm tall; the branches are covered with the same type of thorns, large, backward bent, flat. Leaves about 7 leaves; stipules oblong-lanceolate with dilated, sometimes leaf-shaped ears, seated with glands. The leaves are almost leathery, large, 25-35 mm long and 18-25 mm wide, obovoid, dark green above, covered with scattered glands, paler below, covered with glands with a mixture of hairs, complex-toothed along the edge. Flowers in few-flowered inflorescences, rarely solitary; pedicels covered with stalked glands with bristles; sepals with single filamentous appendages, covered with glands below, after flowering they are directed upwards, they are preserved until the fruits are fully ripe; head stigma trimmed. Hypanthias are ellipsoidal, large, brick-red, covered with stalk-like glands; nutlets fruit.             
Distribution: Caucasus.             
Economic value: as an ornamental plant.

(2019)  
 
Rosa subpygmaea Chrshan. (1950) ... Dwarf shrub rose up to 1.2 m in height, with long rhizome shoots; the stems and branches are almost completely devoid of any arms, only flowering twigs very rarely carry 2-3 thin and straight spines. Average leaves of flowering shoots 5.5–6 cm in length; stipules 11–13 mm long and 3.5 mm wide, bare on both sides, only along the edge of the glandular-ciliated; 5 leaflets, large, usually 23-25 ​​mm long and 12-15 cm wide, on both sides are bare, only from the bottom along the veins there are glands; teeth difficult serrate, topped with stalked glands. Flowers solitary, at least 2-3; the pedicels are glandular, 1.5 cm long, with time almost smooth; sepals long, up to 10-15 mm in length, lateral appendages narrow-pinnate, dotted with stalk-like glands below and along the edge, after flowering are turned down, fall to the redness of the fruit; head of columns sessile, pubescent. Hypanthias are large, elongate-spherical, apricot, ferruginous at the base; nutlets fruit.             
General distribution: Southeast Europe.             
Economic value: as an ornamental plant.