Taxon: Rosa gallica L.

Genus:

Rosa

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Rosoideae

Tribe:

Roseae

Nomen number:

5351

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:492. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

15-feb-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 15-feb-1996

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Rosa gallica var. conditorum Dieck
(=) Rosa gallica var. officinalis Thory
(=) Rosa gallica var. versicolor L.
(=) Rosa provincialis Mill.

Common names:

apothecary rose (Source: Krussmann) - English
French rose (Source: Krussmann) - English
Hungarian rose (Source: Krussmann) - English
officinal rose (Source: Dict Gard) - English
red rose (Source: BSBI) - English
red-rose-of-Lancaster (Source: Dict Gard) - English
rosier de France (Source: Zander ed16) - French
rosier de provins (Source: Zander ed16) - French
Essig-Rose (Source: Zander ed16) - German
provinsros (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Hortus 3; Krussmann; Eur Gard F; Dict Gard)
Materials: essential oils (source of attar of roses used in perfumery, exported from Egypt fide Flower Oils)
Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Cultivated

(widely cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000 (Zander ed16)
Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 (Krussmann)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Pajaujis Anonis, D. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. (Flower Oils)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Rosa gallica L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
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=5351. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.