Lamiaceae

Mentha

Mentha spicata

Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet

First published in Willdenowia 14: 301 (1984 publ. 1985)

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is Medit. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sardegna, Sinai, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Homotypic Synonyms

Mentha microphylla var. condensata (Briq.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 322 (1897)
Mentha tomentosa subsp. condensata Briq. in Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 5: 97 (1889)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Mentha chalepensis Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768)
Mentha derelicta Déségl. in Bull. Soc. Études Sci. Angers 8-9: 244 (1880)
Mentha microphylla K.Koch in Linnaea 21: 648 (1849)
Mentha microphylla var. glareosa (Briq.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 322 (1897)
Mentha sieberi K.Koch in Linnaea 21: 649 (1849), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Mentha sofiana Trautm. in Bot. Közlem. 29: 111 (1932)
Mentha sofiana subsp. kickxiifolia Trautm. in Bot. Közlem. 29: 112 (1932)
Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa Harley in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 38 (1980)
Mentha stenostachya (Boiss.) Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 328 (1937), nom. illeg.
Mentha subsessilis Borbás in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 30: 20 (1880)
Mentha sylvestris var. stenostachya Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 4: 543 (1879)
Mentha tomentosa d'Urv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 323 (1822), nom. illeg.
Mentha tomentosa subsp. glareosa Briq. in Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 5: 98 (1889)
Mentha tomentosa var. viridula Heldr. in Exsicc. (Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1900: n.° 1574 (1900)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Lamiales

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Family
Lamiaceae

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Genus
Mentha

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Species
Mentha spicata
Subspecies
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Vladimirov, V. & al. (2016). New floristic records in the Balkans: 29. Phytologia Balcanica 22: 93-123.

Kew Backbone Distributions

(2024). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378128808_ILLUSTRATED_FLORA_of_Albania_Update_101. epublication.
Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Aug 25, 1977	Sieber, F.W. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K000494909	Type	Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14446] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093339		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093366		Yes
	Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2315] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093353		Yes
	Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2158] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093349		Yes
	Harris, G.W. [338] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093361		Yes
	Davis [14423] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093969		Yes
	Russell, J.M. [75]	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093362		Yes
	Atherton, G.E. [300] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093956		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14447] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093368		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Serbia	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093358		Yes
	Reverchon, E. [125] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093342		Yes
	Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [342] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093381		Yes
	Davis; Heywood [18429] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093968		Yes
	Aucher-Eloy [5106] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093964		Yes
	Sintensis, P. [1113] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093364		Yes
	McNeil [208] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093380		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093345		Yes
	Davis [13634] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093967		Yes
	Pichler, T. [644] Croatia	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K000494910	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Davis [15889] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093961		Yes
	Greuter, W. [7508] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093338		Yes
	Kennedy, E.W. [735] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093954		Yes
	Casey, E.C. [19] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093955		Yes
	Ingoldby, C.M. [403] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093382		Yes
	Orphanides, T.G. [549] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093346		Yes
	Davis, P.H. [14086] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093970		Yes
	Genneou, A. [ARI1289] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093958		Yes
	Reverchon, E. [125] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093341		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14200] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093336		Yes
	Kennedy, E.W. [731] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093959		Yes
	Lemperg, F. [1438] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093351		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14449] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093331		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14454] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093369		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14441] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093340		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [13923] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093335		Yes
	de Heldreich [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093363		Yes
	Borbas, V. [1748] Hungary	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K000494912	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Birand, H. [331] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093965		Yes
	Pichler, T. [s.n.] Montenegro	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093356		Yes
	Borbas, V. [2472] Hungary	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K000494911	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Turner, L.V. [206] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093365		Yes
	Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093360		Yes
	Dönmez, A.A. [1503] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093960		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.]	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093344		Yes
	Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2315] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093354		Yes
	Sintenis; Rigo [1046] Syria	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093957		Yes
	Davis; Coode [D39075] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093962		Yes
	Adamovic [s.n.]	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093357		Yes
	Pichler [s.n.]	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093355		Yes
	Jancic, R. [s.n.] Serbia	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093359		Yes
	Borbas, V. [1750] Hungary	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K000494913	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14453] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093370		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14135] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093334		Yes
	Reverchon, E. [125] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093333		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [14036] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093371		Yes
	Atchley, S.C. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093347		Yes
	Lemperg, F. [1438] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093352		Yes
	Davis [14086] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093966		Yes
	Davis, P.H.; Heywood [18366] Türkiye	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093963		Yes
	Rechinger, K.H. [1413] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093337		Yes
	Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093367		Yes
	Economides, S. [ARI1007] Cyprus	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093953		Yes
	Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2158] Albania	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093350		Yes
	Saint-Lager, J.B. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093348		Yes
	Gandoger, M. [3502] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093332		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Greece	Mentha spicata subsp. tomentosa	K005093343		Yes

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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

Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet

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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (67 records)

Sources

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index