Mentha longifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Mentha
Species:
Subspecies & Varieties: M. l. var. amphilema – M. l. var. asiatica – M. l. var. austroafghanica – M. l. subsp. capensis – M. l. var. chlorodictya – M. l. var. kermamensis – M. l. var. kotschyana – M. l. subsp. longifolia – M. l. var. muqarrabica – M. l. subsp. noneana – M. l. var. petiolata – M. l. var. schimperi – M. l. var. swatica – M. l. subsp. typhoides – M. l. subsp. wissii

Mentha longifolia (L.) L., 1759

Basionym
- Mentha spicata var. longifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 576 (1753).
Homotypic
- Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia (L.) Tacik, Fl. Polska 11: 216 (1967).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
- Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China South-Central, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Is.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Illinois, Madeira, New York, Oman

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