Melissa officinalis

Melissa officinalis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Melissa
Species: Melissa officinalis
Subspecies: M. o. subsp. inodora – M. o. subsp. officinalis

Name

Melissa officinalis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 592 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel, Fl. Franç. Herbor., Suppl.: 87 (1838).
  • Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 402 (1867).
  • Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 11: 117 (1903), nom. nov.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia West Siberia. Regional: Middle Asia Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia, Manitoba. Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay. Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 592. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Melissa officinalis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Melissa officinalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Melissa officinalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Melissa officinalis. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melissa officinalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 11, 2019.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Меліса лекавая
български: Маточина
bosanski: Matičnjak
čeština: Meduňka lékařská
Deutsch: Zitronen-Melisse
English: Lemon Balm
español: Melisa, Toronjil
euskara: Garraiska
suomi: Sitruunamelissa
italiano: Melissa
日本語: レモンバーム
Nederlands: Citroenmelisse
polski: Melisa lekarska
русский: Мелисса лекарственная
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Matičnjak
slovenčina: Medovka lekárska
српски / srpski: Матичњак, пчелиња трава, пчелињак, лимун трава
Türkçe: Oğul otu, Melisa
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ: Ifar zizwi

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