Why is a desert rose different from other roses?

Question

Why is a desert rose different from other roses?

Answer 1

1 ) =Desert Rose OR Adenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, containing a single species,

Adenium obesum, also known as Sabi Star, Kudu or Desert-rose. It is native to tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia.

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Its classification is as under =

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae ( Entirely different from rose family )

Genus: Adenium

Species: A. obesum

Binomial name =Adenium obesum

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2 ) = A common  rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa, and the flower of this shrub.

There are more than a hundred species of wild roses, all from the northern hemisphere and mostly from temperate regions.

The species form a group of generally prickly shrubs or climbers, and sometimes trailing plants, reaching 2–5 metres tall, occasionally reaching as high as 20 metres by climbing over other plants.

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The classification of this " Other Rose " is as under ===

Scientific classification =

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Rosales

Family: Rosaceae( Entirely different from Apocyanaceae )

Subfamily: Rosoideae

Genus: Rosa.

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Therefore , the conclusion is = A desert Rose And Other Roses are quite different from each other !!!!!!



From = A Botanist

Answer 2

Now for a simple answer ...

A desert rose is different from other roses because it isn't a true rose and isn't in the rose family (Rosaceae). There are various "desert roses" -- the Australian one is Gossypium sturtianum, a relative of cotton and a member of the family Malvaceae.