| Name | Rosa canina var. nitens (Desvaux ex Mérat) Desvaux |
| Authorship | (Desvaux ex Mérat) Desvaux |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Rosa canina Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1813 J. Bot. Agric. 2: 114 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Rosa canina var. nitens (Desvaux ex Mérat) Desvaux |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |