Melissa

Melissa officinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Melissa
Species: M. axillaris – M. flava – M. officinalis – M. yunnanensis

Name

Melissa L. (1753)

• Type species:  Melissa officinalis  L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mutelia Gren. ex Mutel, Fl. Franç. Herbor. 3: 21. 1836.

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 592.
• Drew, B.T. & Systema, K.J. (2011) Testing the Monophyly and Placement of Lepechinia in the Tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae), Systematic Botany, 36(4): 1038–1049. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 July 8. Places this genus in Salviinae.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Melissa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 July 4.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Melissa Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 July 4.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Melissa. Published online. Accessed July 4 2014.

Vernacular names

беларуская: меліса
български: маточина
català: melissa
čeština: meduňka
Deutsch: Melisse
English: Lemon Balm
español: melisa
français: mélisse
italiano: melissa
latviešu: melisa
lietuvių: melisa
日本語: レモンバーム
português: Erva Cidreira
русский: мелисса
suomi: melissat

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