Reseda odorata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Resedaceae
Genus: Reseda
Species: Reseda odorata
Name

Reseda odorata L., Amoen. Acad. 3: 51 (1756).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Reseda odorata f. pilosa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 8 (1898).
Reseda neilgherrensis Müll.Arg., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 34 (1856).
Reseda odorata var. neilgherrensis (Müll.Arg.) Abdallah & de Wit, Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 78(14): 290 (1978).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Middle Europe
Austria, Czechoslovakia.
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Spain.
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Regional: Eastern Europe
East European Russia.
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Regional: South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus, Iraq, Palestine.
Regional: China
China Southeast.
Regional: Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan.
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
South Australia.
Continental: Northern America
Regional: Western Canada
British Columbia.
Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
Wisconsin.
Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
California.
Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Regional: Southern South America
Chile North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1756. Amoenitates Academicae, seu, Dissertationes variae physicae, medicae, botanicae, antehac seorsim editae nunc collectae et auctae, cum tabulis aeneis. Vol. 3. 464 pp. + IV pl. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Reseda odorata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Reseda odorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 23.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Reseda odorata. Published online. Accessed: 23 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Reseda odorata. Accessed: 23 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Reseda odorata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 23. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Reseda odorata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: garden mignonette
suomi: Tuoksureseda

Reseda odorata is a species of flowering plant in the reseda family known by many common names, including garden mignonette[1][2] and common mignonette. It is probably native to the Mediterranean Basin, but it can sometimes be found growing in the wild as an introduced species in many parts of the world.[3] These introductions are often garden escapees; the plant has long been kept as an ornamental plant for its fragrant flowers, the essential oil of which has been used in perfumes.[3] This is an annual herb, producing branching erect stems to 80 centimeters in maximum height. The inflorescence is a spike-like raceme of many flowers. The fragrant flower has six white to yellowish or greenish petals, the upper ones each divided into three narrow, finger-like lobes.[4] At the center of the flower are up to about 25 stamens tipped with large dangling orange anthers.
Common names

Mignonette, Egyptian Mignonette.,[5] Sweet Reseda,[6] Egyptian Rocket [7]
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Reseda odorata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
Flora of North America
Hickman, James Craig (1993). "UC/JEPS: The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California". Retrieved 2018-06-07.
Pirie, Mary (1860). Flowers, Grasses, and Shrubs. A popular book on Botany. Illustrated.[1]
harrison, joseph (1849). the floricultural cabinet. [2]
Loudon (Jane), Mrs (1840). The Ladies'flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals.[3]