Mentha × piperita L.

, Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 576 (-577) (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30022216-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
2: 576 (-577)
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Lamiaceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in Anglia
Bibliographic Type Information
Published illustration
Chosen By
A.O.Tucker & al. Taxon 29: 235, fig. 6. 1980
Type Published in
Published illustration
Distribution Of Types
United Kingdom
Type Specimen Note
Lectotype : Mentha spicis brevioribus & habitioribus, foliis Menthae fuscae, sapore fervido Piperis in Ray, Syn. Meth. Stirp. Brit., ed. 3, 234, t. 10, f. 2, 1724

Nomenclatural Notes

(pro sp.)

Remarks

See Hylander Bot. Not. 118: 230. 1965

Links

Replaced synonym of
Mentha odora Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 80 (1796), nom. illeg.
Hybrid Parent
Mentha aquatica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 576 (1753).
Hybrid Parent
Mentha spicata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 576 (1753).