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Taxon

Reseda alba L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 449. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Reseda alba--Italy. Parking lot weed, Pescara, Abruzzo. SRC 7 May 2002. 030.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Parking lot weed, Pescara, Abruzzo. SRC 7 May 2002. 030.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Reseda alba--Italy.  Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02.  099.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente, e of Popoli. 7 May 02. 091.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente, e of Popoli. 7 May 02. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Reseda alba--Italy.  Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente, e of Popoli. 7 May 02. 090.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente, e of Popoli. 7 May 02. 090.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 100.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 101.jpg

Reseda alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 101.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Reseda alba. Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 098.jpg

Reseda alba. Italy. Abruzzo. Parking lot weed in Pescara. 7 May 02. 098.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into 36 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Christoph S.R., Davidson C. s.n.

May 7, 2002

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson

No collection number

May 7, 2002

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 7, 2002

Location

Italy

Location Remarks

Umbria Todi

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Resedaceae

Genus

Reseda

Specific Epithet

alba

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#319,433 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →