Taxon: Reseda alba L.

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Common names:

• white mignonette   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• white upright mignonette   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• vitreseda   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (of unknown importance fide Atlas WWeed; Dict Gard)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Arabia
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Malta
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

References:

• Abdallah, M. S. & H. C. D. de Wit. 1978. The Resedaceae. A taxonomical revision of the family. Belmontia, 1, Taxon. (or 2, Ecol; 3, Hort.; 4, Incidental.; N.S.) 8(26):123.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Reseda alba.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Reseda alba.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Reseda alba.

Check other web resources for Reseda alba L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Flower: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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