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Rosa × damascena

Mill.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Rosa × damascena
Common name (English)
Damask rose
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated for the production of rose-water and attar of roses (Meikle 1977; Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1937
Online resource
http://www.worldplants.de/?deeplink=Rosa-damascena
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Christofides Y (2017) Illustrated flora of Cyprus. Yiannis Christofides, Cyprus, 383 pp.

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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