What is Rose?
{{otheruses}} {{For|the color|Rose (color)}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Rosa'' | image = Bridal pink - morwell rose garden.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = 'Bridal Pink', a hybrid Tea rose at the <br/>[[Morwell, Victoria|Morwell]] Rose Garden | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | phylum = [[Spermatophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Rosales]] | familia = [[Rosaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]] | genus = '''''Rosa''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} [[File:Rosa corymbifera.jpg|thumb|A wild rose species usually has five [[petal]]s, making them [[dicotyledon|dicots]].]] [[File:Bee On Yellow Rose.ogv|thumb|Yellow rose (Rosa foetida) being pollinated by a bee]] The '''rose''' is a type of [[flower]]ing [[shrub]]. Its name comes from the [[Latin]] word ''Rosa''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=ROSE&searchmode=none |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |work=etymonline.com |accessdate=9 April 2010 }}</ref> There are over three hundred [[species]] and tens of thousands of [[Cultivar|cultivars]]. The flowers of the rose grow in many different colors, from the well-known red rose or yellow rose and sometimes white or purple rose. [[File:Rose Prickles.jpg|thumb|upright|Rose thorns are actually prickles&nbsp;– outgrowths of the [[Epidermis (botany)|epidermis]]]] Roses belong to the [[family (biology)|family]] of plants called [[Rosaceae]]. All roses were originally wild: they grew in [[North America]], [[Europe]], northwest [[Africa]] and many parts of [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]]. There are over 150 different [[species]] of roses. The wild rose species can be grown in gardens, but most garden roses are [[cultivar]]s, which have been [[artificial selection|selected by people]].<ref name=ehow/> Over hundreds of years they have been specially bred to produce a wide variety of growing habits and a broad range of colours from dark red to white including as well yellow and a bluish/lilac colour. Many roses have a strong, pleasant scent. Most r