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Taxon: Mentha ×piperita L.

Genus: Mentha
Family: Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) subfamily: Nepetoideae tribe: Mentheae.
Nomen number: 24078
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:576. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: = M. aquatica × M. spicata
Name verified on: 02-Dec-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR).
Accessions: 45 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘MINT’ ) or .


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • bergamot mint   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. citrata]
  • eau-de-cologne mint   (Source: Pl Book ) – English   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. citrata]
  • lemon mint   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. citrata]
  • peppermint   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  • peppermint   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. piperita]
  • menthe poivrée   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. piperita]
  • Pfefferminze   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. piperita]
  • hortelã-pimenta   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. piperita]
  • menta piperita   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Mentha ×piperita nothosubsp. piperita]
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

References:

  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Harley, R. M. 1975. Mentha L. In: Stace, C. A., ed., Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles. (Hybrid F Brit) 387.
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Tucker, A. O. et al. 1980. The Linnaean types of Mentha (Lamiaceae). Taxon 29:235.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • University of Texas Herbarium. 2000–. The mints of Texas - on-line resource. (Mints Texas)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Mentha ×piperita L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
  • Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24078 (09 February 2010)

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