Mentha suaveolens

Mentha suaveolens

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: M. s. subsp. suaveolens – M. s. subsp. timija

Name

Mentha suaveolens Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 7: 149 (1792)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Mentha × rotundifolia var. suaveolens (Ehrh.) Briq. in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz: 446 (1900).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Azores, Canary Is., Madeira
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
    • Regional: Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • East Aegean Is., Turkey
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Arizona, Austria, Belarus, California, Central European Rus, Chile North, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ireland, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Romania, South Carolina, Sweden, Texas, Washington, Yugoslavia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • català: Menta borda
  • Deutsch: Rundblättrige Minze
  • English: Apple mint
  • español: Menta blanca
  • suomi: Pyöröminttu
  • français: Menthe odorante
  • Gàidhlig: Meannt an ubhail
  • Nederlands: Witte munt
  • svenska: Rundmynta
  • 中文: 苹果薄荷
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