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Initial post 21 SEP by John Hook
From Global Times:

Chinese researchers have discovered Rosa lucidissima, a critically endangered species of Rosa chinensis, commonly known as China rose, in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

A joint expedition team from the Foding Mountain nature reserve administration and the College of Forestry of Guizhou University first discovered the species at a national-level reserve in Shiqian County.

"In a field survey in April, we located four plants of Rosa lucidissima at about 700 meters above sea level. The roses swirled up the trees, with eye-catching red flowers hanging from the branches," said Wu Xu, a team member from the College of Forestry of Guizhou University.

As an endemic Chinese species, Rosa lucidissima is sporadically distributed in southern and central China and its wild population is extremely rare. It is on China's red list of biodiversity as a critically endangered species.

Botanists believe that the national second-class protected wild plant species is the primitive form of China rose. Further study on it would offer an insight into the origin and evolution of the rose plants, which could provide an important reference for rose genetics breeding and ecological protection.
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 24 SEP by safrano.rose
Thank you for posting this John, hopefully there will be further work done. Lynne
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 24 SEP by Nastarana
R.lucidissima is once blooming. Is it known how the later China roses developed the repeat blooming trait?
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Reply #3 of 3 posted 24 SEP by John Hook
Not that I am aware of. Obviously a chance mutation though. Repeat blooming roses were being extensively grown and bred during the Song period (960 - 1279 ad), in the city of Luoyang 41 different repeat flowering roses listed
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