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Rosa × damascena
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rosa damascena, Damask rose, Damask roses, Bulgarian rose, Iranian rose, Taif rose, Emirati rose, Ispahan rose
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Rosa × damascena, commonly known as the damask rose, is a species within the plant kingdom. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Rosales. The species is part of the family Rosaceae and is classified under the genus Rosa.
Records for this taxon are held by various institutions, including CHRB in the United States. A total of 659 occurrences have been documented, with one specific record and associated media item noted in the iDigBio database. The species is referenced by 320 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
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- 1
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- CHRB
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon common name
- 大马士革蔷薇
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- R. damascena
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Encyclopedic overview
Rosa × damascena (Latin for damascene rose), more commonly known as the Damask rose, or sometimes as the Iranian Rose, Bulgarian rose, Taif rose, Emirati rose, Ispahan rose, Isparta rose, and Castile rose, is a rose hybrid derived from Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata. DNA analysis has shown that a third species, Rosa fedtschenkoana, made some genetic contributions to the Damask rose.
The flowers are renowned for their fine fragrance and are commercially harvested for rose oil (either "rose otto" or "rose absolute") used in perfumery and to make rose water and "rose concrete". The flower petals are also edible. They are used to flavor food, as a garnish, as an herbal tea, and preserved in sugar as gulkand. The Damask rose is the national flower of Iran.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rosa × damascena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.