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Mentha spicata Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Mentha viridis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 804. 1763.

"Habitat in Germania, Anglia, Gallia." RCN: 4200.

Basionym: Mentha spicata L. var. viridis L. (1753).

Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 234. 1980): Herb. Clifford: 306, Mentha 1 (BM-000646003).

Current name: Mentha spicata L. (Lamiaceae).

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 666, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Material sample ID
BM-000646003
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Species
spicata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mentha spicata Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007