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Taxon:  Rosa gallica L.



Summary
Genus:
Rosa
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Rosoideae
Tribe:
Roseae
Nomen number:
5351
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:492. 1753
Verified:
02/15/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Rosa gallica L. f. gallica
Rosa gallica L. var. gallica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rosa gallica L. var. conditorum Dieck
Rosa gallica L. var. officinalis Thory
Rosa gallica L. var. versicolor L.
Rosa provincialis Mill.
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  4. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
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  9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  10. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: with two varieties
  11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  12. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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  16. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:158. Note: mentions
  17. Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. Note: = Rosa gallica Lam.
  18. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  19. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: mentions
  20. Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 52.
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  22. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  23. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
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Common names
English
apothecary rose –
French rose –
Hungarian rose –
officinal rose –
red rose –
red-rose-of-Lancaster –
French
rosier de France –
rosier de provins –
German
Essig-Rose –
Swedish
provinsros –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Materialsessential oilssource of attar of roses used in perfumery, exported from EgyptPajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. Note: = Rosa gallica Lam.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5351. Accessed 16 May 2025.