Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh.f.

First published in C.A.Backer, Fl. Java 2: 629 (1965)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Nepal to S. China and W. Malesia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Calamintha cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 424 (1910)
Calamintha gracilis var. pilosior Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 968 (1859)
Melissa hirsuta Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 830 (1826), nom. illeg.
Melissa longifolia Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20 (1790), nom. nud.
Melissa parviflora Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 65 (1830), nom. illeg.
Melissa parviflora var. purpurea Hayata in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 228 (1911)

Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Has image?
Jan 1, 2013	Wallich, N. [2825], Nepal		K000911335	Yes
	Lammers [8460], Taiwan		K000194642	No
	Robinson, H.C. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855836	No
	Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855833	No
	Backer, C.A. [21603], Indonesia		K000855834	No
	Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855832	No
	Horsfield, T. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855838	No
	Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855839	No
	Kerr, A.F.G. [21189], Laos		K000855830	No
	s.coll. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855835	No
	Slooten, D.F. van [764], Indonesia		K000855841	No
	Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia		K000855840	No
	Steenis, C.G.G.J.van [4273], Indonesia		K000855837	No
	Vu, X.P. [HNK24], Vietnam		K000855829	No
	Kerr, A.F.G. [21189], Laos		K000855831	No
	Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2752], Nepal	Geniosporum axillare	K001117023	Yes
	He [s.n.], India	Melissa parviflora	K000194641	No
	Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2125], Nepal	Melissa parviflora	K001115257	Yes

Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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