Labiatae: Family: Accepted Name: Mentha ×villosa Huds., Fl. Angl. Ed. Vol. 2, 250, Pro Sp. 1778. Synonyms

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Family: Labiatae Juss., Gen. Pl. 110., nom. cons.

Accepted name: Mentha villosa Huds. , Fl. angl. ed. vol. 2, 250, pro sp. 1778.
Synonyms:
= Mentha gratissima Weber in Wigg., , Prim. fl. holsat, 43. 1780.
= Mentha mosoniensis H. Braun in Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien vol. 40, 373. 1890.
= Mentha scotica R.A. Graham in Watsonia vol. 4, 119. 1958.
= Mentha cordifolia auct.? an Opiz ex Fresen.
= Mentha merdinah Backer ex Ochse & Bakh. , Ind. groent., 354, f. 224. 1931.
= Mentha nemorosa Willd. , Sp. pl. vol. 3, 75. 1800.

APN

List of subordinate taxa:

1.

Mentha villosa nm. alopecuroides

Author abbreviations of scientific names marked with APN are standardised according to 'Authors of Plant Names'
(Brummitt & Powell 1992). Publications of scientific names marked with TL2 are standardised according to
'Taxonomic Literature' (Stafleu & Cowan 1976-1988and Stafleu & Mennenga 1992-1998), those marked
with BPH are standardized according to 'B-P-H' (Lawrence et al. 1968 and Bridson 1991) If not indicated otherwise
the source of common names is 'Hanelt & Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (2001).'
Notes on Geographical Distribution, Cultivation and Phylogeny
Cultivated as a pot herb, medicinal plant and for herbal tea in Europe, Morocco, occasionally the Antilles, Philippines
and Java; in Central Europe of declining importance. Triploid, sterile hybrid from M. spicata L. em. L. and M.
suaveolens Ehrh. Morphologically variable. Originated in the area of the parents.
Wild distribution:

Southern and western Europe; also an established garden escape in the area of cultivation.

Original text version dating from April 2001, contributed by K. Hammer.

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