Lamiaceae
Mentha

Mentha cervina L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 578 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Azores, W. Medit. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Azores, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

Extinct in:

Italy

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091761 Yes
Bonjean [s.n.] K005091754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091764 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K005091750 Yes
Lange, J. [s.n.] France K005091753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091758 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091752 Yes
Pons [s.n.] France K005091751 Yes
Théveneau, A. [s.n.] France K005091760 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005091748 Yes
Lloyd, M. [s.n.] France K005091765 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091763 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001026120 Yes
[Prover] [s.n.] K005091755 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K005091756 Yes
[M. Reqman] [s.n.] France K005091757 Yes
[L. B] [s.n.] K005091762 Yes
s.coll. [132] K005091759 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images