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Mentha canadensis Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Mentha canadensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 577. 1753.

"Habitat in Canada. Kalm." RCN: 4210.

Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 237, f. 9. 1980): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 730.18 (LINN).

Current name: Mentha canadensis L. (Lamiaceae).

Note: Although Epling (in J. Bot. 67: 8. 1929) stated that the Linnaean sheet is "probably also the historical type", this falls short of formal typification.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
730.18
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Species
canadensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mentha canadensis Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007