Rosa rubiginosa Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 564. 1771.

"Habitat in Europa australi. Mygind." RCN: 3732.

Lectotype (Ghora & Panigrahi, Fam. Rosaceae India 2: 240. 1995): Mygind 8, Herb. Linn. No. 652.6 (LINN) , see p. 223.

Current name: Rosa rubiginosa L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Turland (in Taxon 45: 565. 1996) independently made the same choice of type as Ghora & Panigrahi. See an extremely detailed discussion by Reichert (in Gleditschia 24: 18-22. 1997).