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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mentha

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mentha

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Subordo  Lamiineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 464. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Lamiaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 275. Jul 1836. common name: Labiatae       Subfamilia  Menthoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 752. Apr-Dec 1834.       Tribus  Mentheae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 48. 1827.       Subtribus  Menthinae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 612. Aug 1838.       Genus  Mentha L. pub. (1753) common name: mint

Named members of the Genus Mentha

1	Species  alopecuroides Hull syn. Mentha �villosa common name: mint
2	Species  aquatica L. common name: watermint
	3    Varietas  crispa (L.) Benth. syn. Mentha �piperita
4	Species  arvensis L. common name: corn-mint
	5    Subspecies  borealis (Michx.) Taylor & MacBryde syn. Mentha arvensis 6    Varietas  canadensis (L.) Kuntze syn. Mentha arvensis 7    Varietas  glabrata (Benth.) Fern. syn. Mentha arvensis 8    Subspecies  haplocalyx Briq. syn. Mentha arvensis 9    Varietas  lanata Piper syn. Mentha arvensis 10    Varietas  sativa auct. non Benth. syn. Mentha arvensis 11    Varietas  villosa (Benth.) S.R. Stewart syn. Mentha arvensis
12	Species  canadensis L. syn. Mentha arvensis
13	Species  cardiaca (S.F. Gray) Gerarde ex Baker syn. Mentha �gracilis
14	Species  citrata Ehrh. syn. Mentha aquatica common name: orange-mint
15	Species  cordifolia auct. syn. Mentha spicata
16	Species  crispa L. syn. Mentha �piperita common name: curly leafed mint
17	Species  dumetorum Schultes syn. Mentha �piperita
18	Species  gentilis L. syn. Mentha arvensis common name: mint
19	Species  glabrior (Hook.) Rydb. syn. Mentha arvensis
20	Species  longifolia auct. non (L.) Huds. syn. Mentha spicata common name: horsemint
21	Species  nemorosa Willd. syn. Mentha �villosa
22	Species  penardii (Briq.) Rydb. syn. Mentha arvensis
23	Species  piperita L. common name: peppermint
	24    Subspecies  citrata (Ehrh.) Briq. syn. Mentha aquatica
25	Species  pulegium L. common name: pennyroyal
26	Species  requienii Benth. common name: Corsican mint
27	Species  rotundifolia auct. non (L.) Huds. syn. Mentha suaveolens
28	Species  sativa L. syn. Mentha �verticillata
29	Species  spicata L. common name: spearmint
30	Species  suaveolens Ehrh. common name: apple-mint
31	Species  viridis L. syn. Mentha spicata
32	Species  x gentilis L.
	33    Varietas  cardiaca (Gerarde ex Baker) Boivin (pro nm.) syn. Mentha �gracilis
34	Species  x gracilis Sole (pro sp.) common name: gingermint
35	Species  x muelleriana auct. non F.W. Schultz syn. Mentha �gracilis
36	Species  x piperi L.
	37    Varietas  citrata (Ehrh.) Boivin (pro nm.) syn. Mentha aquatica
38	Species  x piperita L. (pro sp.) common name: peppermint
39	Species  x rotundifolia (L.) Huds. (pro sp.)
40	Species  x verticillata L.
	41    Varietas  peduncularis (Boreau) Rouy (pro nm.) syn. Mentha �verticillata
42	Species  x verticillata L.
43	Species  x villosa Huds.
	44    Varietas  alopecuroides (Hull) Briq. (pro nm.) syn. Mentha �villosa

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.