Tuesday, August 17, 2010

What is the scientific name of the rose used by V in the film V for Vendetta?

i don't know the specific name of the rose, but all roses belong to the Genus Rosa, of the family Rosacae and the Order Rosales. you can check out hte wikipedia, it has a list of rose species

What is the scientific name of the rose used by V in the film V for Vendetta?
Scientific classification


Kingdom: Plantae





Division: Magnoliophyta





Class: Magnoliopsida





Order: Rosales





Family: Rosaceae





Subfamily: Rosoideae





Genus: Rosa L.





The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrd膩, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian w芒r).

















some representative rose species





Rosa canina - Dog Rose, Briar Bush


Rosa chinensis - China Rose


Rosa dumalis - Glaucous Dog Rose


Rosa gallica - Gallic Rose, French Rose


Rosa gigantea (syn. R. x odorata gigantea)


Rosa glauca (syn. R. rubrifolia) - Redleaf Rose


Rosa laevigata (syn. R. sinica) - Cherokee Rose, Camellia Rose, Mardan Rose


Rosa multiflora - Multiflora Rose


Rosa persica (syn. Hulthemia persica, R. simplicifolia)


Rosa roxburghii - Chestnut Rose, Burr Rose


Rosa rubiginosa (syn. R. eglanteria) - Eglantine, Sweet Brier


Rosa rugosa - Rugosa Rose, Japanese Rose


Rosa stellata - Gooseberry Rose, Sacramento Rose


Rosa virginiana (syn. R. lucida) - Virginia Rose


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