Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Rosa indica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 492 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Rosa cymosa Tratt.
original Latin diagnosis
Rosa subinermis, foliolis quinis subtus tomentosis: impari majori, stipulis obsoletis.
English translation
Rosa nearly unarmed; with leaflets in fives, below tomentose: with an uneven one larger; [and] with stipules rudimentary.
| Rosa | Rosa |
| with leaflets | foliolis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun foliolum, -i |
| in fives, | quinis - ablative plural neuter of numerical distributive adjective quini, quinae, quina; agrees with foliolis |
| below | subtus - adverb |
| tomentose; | tomentosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective tomentosus, -a, -um; modifies foliolis |
| with an uneven one [referring to a leaflet] | impari - ablative singular of third declension neuter noun imparis, imparis |
| larger; | majori - ablative singular neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective magnus, -a, -um; modifies impari |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with stipules | stipulis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun stipula, -ae |
| rudimentary. | obsoletis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective obsoletus, -a, -um; modifies stipulis |