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The species in eastern China, Korea and Japan; two varieties endemic to Taiwan.
Rosa luciae var. formosana Cardotin Lecomte, Not. Syst. 3:281. 1910; Kanehira, Form. Trees rev. ed. 279. /. 23I. 1936. Rosa luciae sensu Koidzumi in Jour. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 34 (2): 232. 1913, p.p.; non Franch. & Rochebr.