Taxon: Rosa ×damascena Herrm.

 
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Roseae
Nomen number: 5328
Place of publication: De Rosa 14. 1762 (P. Miller, Gard. dict. ed. 8: Rosa no. 15. 1768)
Link to protologue:
Comments:
  • • [= R. gallica × R. moschata]
  • • valid publication by Herrmann verified from original literature
  • • it is not certain at this time whether or not Herrmann's and Miller's usage of this name are the same
Typification:
Name Verified on: 15-feb-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

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
  • damast roos  (Source: Ency Herbs) - Dutch
  • rosier de Damas  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • Damaszener Rose  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • Portland-Rose  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
  • rosa-pálida  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
  • rose-de-Damasco  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
  • rosa damascena  (Source: Ency Herbs) - Spanish

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:

    Cultivated (only cult.)

References:

  1. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
  2. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  3. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  6. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  7. Vermeulen, N. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. 1999 (Ency Herbs)

Check other web resources for Rosa ×damascena Herrm. :

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas 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.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5328. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.