Lamiaceae
Mentha

Mentha × verticillata L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1099 (1759)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Europe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is M. aquatica × M. arvensis.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Azores, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. & Pearman, D.A. (2015). Hybrid flora of the British isles: 1-501. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2022). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/reshetnikova-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-127-3-2022.43-48.pdf. epublication.
  • Ryabinina, Z.N. & Knyazev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 3, 1972 Sennen, F. [4518] France K000494801 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Jorat] [s.n.] K000494790 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092343 Yes
Weder, O. [s.n.] Germany K005092348 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] K005092069 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026589 No
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [10] United Kingdom K001026601 No
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Germany K005092360 Yes
Vetter, J.J. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092341 Yes
Vachell, E. [s.n.] K001026590 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026612 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026585 No
Britton, C.E. [3695] K001026610 No
Weder, O. [617] Germany K005092351 Yes
Sennen, F. [3873] Spain K000494800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [6] K001026566 No
Weder, O. [s.n.] Germany K005092346 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] Germany K005092366 Yes
Fraser, J. [2] United Kingdom K000494785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Topitz, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092318 Yes
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092323 Yes
Butler, T. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092342 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Hungary K005092307 Yes
Benoit, P.M. [[23/61]] K001026617 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026584 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Simpson, N.D. [5063] United Kingdom K005092065 Yes
Stelzhamer, J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K005092314 Yes
Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia K005092312 Yes
Fraser, J. [5] United Kingdom K000494779 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [3] United Kingdom K000494786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia K005092310 Yes
Martinis, A. [175] K005092304 Yes
Fraser, J. [5] United Kingdom K000494780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [15] United Kingdom K000494782 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026604 No
Blanchet [s.n.] Switzerland K005092337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001026565 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092332 Yes
Pittier [s.n.] Switzerland K005092336 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] Germany K005092358 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494788 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [4] United Kingdom K000494778 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia K005092311 Yes
[F. Escombe] [10] K001026576 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026583 No
Vetter [s.n.] Switzerland K005092338 Yes
Weder, O. [2601] Czech Republic K005092315 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026611 No
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092321 Yes
s.coll. [[8017]] K001026569 No
Sole, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494792 Unknown Type Material Yes
[W. Crater] [s.n.] Czech Republic K005092316 Yes
Still, A.L. [s.n.] K001026580 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026606 No
Weder, O. [s.n.] Germany K005092344 Yes
Andorfer [s.n.] Austria K005092320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K005092369 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026575 No
Blanchet [s.n.] Switzerland K005092335 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] Germany K005092367 Yes
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Czech Republic K005092317 Yes
[A. Vesegbzul] [s.n.] Switzerland K005092362 Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [24] K000494791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026582 No
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] K001026574 No
Charles, S.G. [1] K001026618 No
[H. Hafnaner] [s.n.] Germany K005092355 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092334 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026603 No
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026621 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Hubbard, C.E. [7070] United Kingdom K005092066 Yes
Stohl [s.n.] Austria K005092329 Yes
Druce, G.C.; Britton, C.E. [1996] United Kingdom K001026598 No
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rayner, J.F. [8] K001026573 No
Ausserdorfer, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092325 Yes
Barham, F. [s.n.] K001026562 No
[C. Cyetz] [s.n.] Austria K005092330 Yes
s.coll. [1996] K001026564 No
Secondane, F. [s.n.] Spain K000494802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026619 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026599 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] K005092068 Yes
Roper, I.M.; Britton, C.E. [s.n.] K001026588 No
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092324 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K005092363 Yes
Weder, O. [s.n.] Germany K005092353 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [[A34]] United Kingdom K005092062 Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Germany K005092359 Yes
Sabransky, H. [s.n.] Germany K005092350 Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Germany K005092345 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K005092364 Yes
Still, A.L. [s.n.] K001026579 No
Halácsy [s.n.] Austria K005092328 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] K001026615 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] K001026578 No
Britton, C.E. [3743] K001026609 No
Barth, J. [s.n.] Hungary K005092308 Yes
Fraser, J. [4] United Kingdom K000494783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026594 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026620 No
Martinis, A. [323] K005092303 Yes
Ballard, F.; Ballard, E. [616] United Kingdom K001026597 No
Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia K005092313 Yes
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092322 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026600 No
Wilczek, R. [636] Belgium K005092305 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026607 No
Borbas, V. [2166] Hungary K000494799 Unknown Type Material Yes
J. Bowen, E. (Dr) [s.n.] K001026591 No
Braun [s.n.] Austria K005092326 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Germany K005092352 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092339 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [178] K001026577 No
Still, A.L. [s.n.] K001026581 No
Still, A.L. [s.n.] K001026592 No
White, J.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026595 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026614 No
Gonzalo, H. [5535] Spain K000494803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Weder (Dr.) [s.n.] Germany K005092356 Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Germany K005092354 Yes
Weder, O. [s.n.] Germany K005092357 Yes
Waisbecker [s.n.] Hungary K005092309 Yes
Topitz, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092319 Yes
Britton, C.E.; [J.E. Loveley] [A26] United Kingdom K001026596 No
[Dr. Borbas] [s.n.] Hungary K005092306 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026572 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005092064 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026570 No
Vetter, C. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092340 Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026613 No
White, F.W. [s.n.] K001026586 No
Bulley, R. [s.n.] K001026616 No
Fraser, J. [6] K001026567 No
Weder [s.n.] Germany K005092347 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Germany K005092361 Yes
Sole, W. [22] K000494797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001026593 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026608 No
Braun, A.C.H. [s.n.] Germany K005092368 Yes
White, J.W. [s.n.] K001026587 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026605 No
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000494798 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001026568 No
[Siegfried] [s.n.] Switzerland K005092331 Yes
Fraser, J. [7] United Kingdom K001026602 No
Siegfried, H. [s.n.] Switzerland K005092333 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] K001026571 No
Braun, A.C.H. [s.n.] Germany K005092365 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Hubbard, C.E. [7070] United Kingdom K005092067 Yes
Hofmann, H. [s.n.] Germany K005092349 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1576] United Kingdom K005092063 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001026563 No
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oborny, A. [s.n.] Austria K005092327 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

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