Article (magazine)  (2018)  Page(s) 397.  
 
In the subgenus Rosa, R. chinensis var. spontanea from section Chinenses was sister to R. lichiangensis from section Synstylae, and then clustered with another species from section Chinenses, R. odorata var. gigantean, confirming that R. sections Chinenses and Synstylae, defined in the traditional taxonomic system, shared a more recent ancestor and could be merged as one section

Article (magazine)  (Aug 2015)  Page(s) 221-228.  
 
Natural hybridization was assumed to play a significant role in the diversification of Rosa. Rosa lichiangensis was suspected to be of hybrid origin based on its intermediate morphological characters between R. soulieana and R. multiflora var. cathayensis. In this study, four chloroplast regions (ndhC-trnV, ndhF-rpl32, ndhJ-trnF, and psbJ-petA) and a single copy nuclear marker (GAPDH) were used to test the hybrid origin of R. lichiangensis. The results from molecular data supported the hybrid origin of R. lichiangensis and further identified R. soulieana as its maternal progenitor and R. multiflora var. cathayensis as the paternal progenitor.

Book  (May 2003)  
 
Rosa lichiangensis T.T. Yu and T.C.Ku 1981
Shrubs, climbing, about 2 m. tall...prickles scattered, slightly curved, short, stout...leaflets 3-5-(7)...margin simply serrate...Flowers 2-4 in umbel-like corymb, 2.5-3 cm. in diam.,...Petals 5, pink...NW Yunnan.

Website/Catalog  (1989)  
 
R. lichiangensis T.T. Ku & T.C. Ku 2n=28