Taxon: Rosa ×damascena Mill.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• damask rose   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• four-seasons rose   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Portland rose   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• York-and-Lancaster rose   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• rosier de Damas   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Damaszener Rose   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Portland-Rose   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• rosa-pálida   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• rose-de-Damasco   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn; Cornucopia)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Krussmann; Eur Gard F)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (source of rose oil used in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn; Flower Oils)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• only cultivated

References:

• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [= R. canina × R. phoenicea or R. moschata].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= R. centifolia × R. alba].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [not as hybrid].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. [= R. canina × R. phoenicea or R. moschata].
• Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 19:157–161.
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. [= R. damascena].
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. [not as hybrid].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 56.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). A:240.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rosa x damascena.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rosa x damascena.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rosa x damascena.

Synonyms:

• (=) Rosa ×damascena var. trigintipetala (Dieck) Koehne
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)
• (=) Rosa gallica f. trigintipetala Dieck
  

Check other web resources for Rosa ×damascena Mill.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Rosa x damascena cultivars
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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