Wild Roses Diversity (Rosa L.) in Slovenia / Raznolikost Šipkov (Rosa L.) v Sloveniji

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Language: Bilingual in English and Slovenian

The wild rose genus is very large and includes around 200 species, which grow in temperate and subtropical areas of the northern hemisphere to tropical Asia. Only one species also grows in tropical Africa. Wild roses are predominantly deciduous and rarely evergreen shrubs, they can be climbers and are more or less thorny. Only a bit over a tenth of them grow in Slovenia, but despite that, identifying and determining them is no easier. In fact, it might be even more difficult, because Slovenia is actually a windy country, where the influences of the Alps, the Adriatic Sea (the Mediterranean), the Pannonic Plain and the Dinaric Mountains, extending along the Balkan Peninsula, are joined. As this book shows, there is a great interspecies diversity in various genera that are widespread in Slovenia, and it is even more pronounced with wild roses. This book describes 26 species and varieties.

Contents

Dedication   11
Recension   13
Foreword   19
Introduction   25
Description of the genus   29
Systematics of wild roses   35
Descriptions of species growing in Slovenia   43
Descriptions of species   49
1. Rosa abietina Gren. ex H. Christ – Pine Rose   51
2. Rosa agrestis Savi – Small-leaved Sweet-briar   55
3. Rosa x andegavensis Bast.   59
4. Rosa arvensis Huds. – Field Rose   63
5. Rosa balsamica Besser   67
6. Rosa caesia Sm. – Leatherleaf Rose   71
7. Rosa canina L. s. str. – Dog Rose, Briar Rose, Dog Briar   75
8. Rosa corymbifera Borkh. – Corymb Rose   79
9. Rosa x dumalis Bechst. – Glaucous Dog Rose   83
10. Rosa elliptica Tausch   87
11. Rosa gallica L. – Gallic rose, French rose, Rose of Provins   91
12. Rosa glauca Pourr. – Redleaf Rose   95
13. Rosa majalis Herrm. – Cinnamon Rose   99
14. Rosa marginata Wallr.   103
15. Rosa micrantha Sm. – Small-flowered Sweet-briar Rose   107
16. Rosa multiflora Thunb. – Multiflora Rose, Rambler Rose, Wreath Rose   111
17. Rosa x nitidula Besser   115
18. Rosa pendulina L. – Alpine Rose   119
19. Rosa rubiginosa L. – Sweet Briar, Sweetbriar Rose, Sweet Brier, Eglantine   123
20. Rosa rugosa Thunb. – Rugosa Rose, Beach Rose   127
21. Rosa sempervirens L. – Evergreen Rose   131
22. Rosa spinosissima L. – Scotch Rose, Burnet Rose   135
23. Rosa squarrosa (A. Rau) Boreau   139
24. Rosa subcanina (H. Christ) Vuk.   143
25. Rosa tomentosa Sm. – Whitewoolly Rose, Harsh Downy-rose   147
26. Rosa villosa L. – Apple Rose   151
Key for determining Rosa L. species – wild rose   155
Hybrids and peculiarities   171
Pollination and dissemination of wild roses   179
Ecology of wild roses   187
The nature teaches us how to prune wild roses   191
Ethnobotany of wild roses   195
Conclusion   209
Acknowledgements   212
References   213
Subject index   220
Subject index of common names   223

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