Louis de Funès (rose)
Encyclopedia
The rose
Louis de Funès is a cultivar
(type Hybrid Tea
).
It was named by Meilland after the famous French
comedian Louis de Funès
in 1982.
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
Louis de Funès is a cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
(type Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Tea is a cultivar group of roses, created by cross-breeding two different types of roses, initially by hybridising Hybrid Perpetuals with Tea roses...
).
It was named by Meilland after the famous French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
comedian Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
in 1982.
Sources
- Encyclopedia of rose science: Volume 3 by Andrew V. Roberts, Thomas Debener, Serge Gudin, éditeur Elsevier, 2003 - 1450 pages
- The world's best roses by Orietta Sala