Bulletins de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique, Volume 14: (1875)
Primitiae Monographiae rosarum
François Crépin
p. 167
Rosa Beggeriana Schrenk.
Dans l'herbier de Kew, j'ai recueilli une nouvelle indication géographique concernant le R. Beggeriana. Sous le nom de R. Brunonii, j'ai vu dans cet herbier un échantillon de la variété genuina du R. Beggeriana récolté en 1870 par M. le Dr Henderson dans son expédition à Yarkand.

In the Kew Herbarium, I collected a new geographical indication for R. Beggeriana. Under the name of R. Brunonii I saw in this herbarium a sample of R. Beggeriana var. genuina collected in 1870 by Dr. Henderson in his expedition to Yarkand.

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 84: 35-36 (July 14, 1928)
GENETICS OF THE ROSE.
Major C. C. Hurst
R. cabulica (usually mislabelled R. Beggeriana in gardens)

New Phytol. 37: 72-81. 1938
PHYLOGENY AND POLYPLOIDY IN ROSA
By EILEEN W. ERLANSON, D.Sc.
Calcutta, India

R. gymnocarpa Nutt. ranges from British Columbia to the hills of southern California. This rose often appears strikingly similar to some forms of R. Woodsii. It is a diploid like its close relative in Asia R. Beggeriana Schrenk. The latter is widespread in Asia between 30° and 50° latitude North at altitudes of 1500-5500 ft. (Boulenger, 1934). In Boulenger's opinion the fact that the styles, sepals and disk of the hypanthium are deciduous from the ripe fruit makes R. gymnocarpa and its Asiatic relatives "un petit group très naturel". He believes that they are related to the species in his section Pimpinelli-Suavifoliae. The deciduous character could well be due to a single mutated gene, and although significant taxonomically it does not necessarily indicate much change phylogenetically.

Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 27: 482-492 (1902/3)
SOME WILD ASIATIC ROSES
Maurice L. de Vilmorin, F.R.H.S.
The Beggeriana, a native of Persia and Turkestan, is not commended by its size, and still less by the odour (a decidedly bad one) of its flower. The undue spreading of its bush is obviated by grafting it on the stock of the Dog Rose. The plant will then bloom from July to the cold days of October. The small, round, red fruit early drops the remains of the calyx, and its appearance gains thereby. The black-fruited variety is curious.