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Rosa chinensis hybrid

Rōti

Rose

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Rose

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Rōti (RR MG AT MT AK TW), Rōti / Raoti (MK), Lōti (TS); COMMENT: From English "Rose". Sometimes written, but not pronounced, Rōti.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE China

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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-

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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+
-
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-

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Pests & Hosts

Relationship Pests
Herbivorous pest Adoretus versutus

Scientific Taxonomy

Rosa chinensis hybrid N.Jacquin
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Rosales; ROSACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.395 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.857 Tropica
p.398h Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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