Taxon: Reseda odorata L.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bastard rocket   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• common mignonette   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• garden mignonette   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• sweet mignonette   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• sweet reseda   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• mu xi cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• mignonette   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• réséda odorante   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Gartenresede   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• minhonete   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• reseda-de-cheiro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• miñoneta   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• reseda de olor   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• luktreseda   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Pl Book; Dict Econ Pl)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Libya
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Greece - Crete

• also cultivated

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):287.
• 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).
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). [introd.].
• 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.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Rothmaler, W. 1939. Die Erscheinungsdaten von Lamarck's Encyclopédie. Chron. Bot. 5:440. [re. publication in Amoen. acad.].
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Reseda odorata.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Reseda odorata.

Check other web resources for Reseda odorata L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

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