Las Rosas antiguas en la provincia de Albacete, un patrimonio biocultural en recuperación a través de ciencia ciudadana
- Alonso Verde
- Diego Rivera
- José Luis Escobar
- Rodrigo Roldán
- José Fajardo
- Arturo Valdés
- Segundo Ríos
- Concepción Obón
- Pedro Sánchez-Gómez
- José Luis Cánovas
- Emilio Laguna
- José R. Ruiz
ISSN: 1577-2969
Year of publication: 2024
Issue: 18
Pages: 23-58
Type: Article
More publications in: Sabuco: Revista de estudios albacetenses
Abstract
Within the Cultural Biodiversity of our province we find the domestic ornamental plant elements that have accompanied our people. Such is the case of the so-called “old roses”. These roses that arrived to the Iberian Peninsula in past times, today we can find them in small country houses such as farmhouses or quinterías, most of them today abandoned and in ruins. Among the objectives of this work are: to elaborate an inventory of the species and varieties of “old roses” cultivated in the province of Albacete, to document the traditional management model of cultivated rose species, as well as to register and geolocate different populations and collect living material to make cuttings in order to reproduce these species. The work methodology is based on: field work with prospecting of abandoned gardens; review of bibliographic sources of published works on ethnography or ethnobiology of the province and, finally, oral sources. Results: 12 taxa have been geolocated in more than 68 populations from which live material has been collected and cuttings have been taken. They are species of exclusively spring flowering and well defined colors, predominating among the yellow ones: R. foetida Herrm. and R. foetida var. persiana (Lem.) Rehder and the multi-petalled R. hemisphaerica var. plena Rehder. Among the red ones, R. bicolor Jacq. stands out, which sometimes presents chimeras with branches that revert to their yellow ancestor (R. foetida). The non-remontant white roses belong to the complex R. × alba L. Finally, there are frequent perfumed roses of more or less intense pink colour with varying levels of polypetalia of the complex R. gallica L, R. × damascena Herrm. and R. � centifolia L. The whole denotes an ancient character prior to the appearance of the remontant hybrids, the “Bourbon” roses and the hybrid tea roses.