Melissa officinalis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Melissa officinalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. 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[edit]

беларуская: Меліса лекавая
български: Маточина
bosanski: Matičnjak
čeština: Meduňka lékařská
Deutsch: Zitronen-Melisse
English: Lemon Balm
español: Melisa, Toronjil
euskara: Garraiska
suomi: Sitruunamelissa
français: Mélisse
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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