Mentha × piperita

Mentha × piperita

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: Menthinae
Genus: Mentha
Species: Mentha × piperita

Name

Mentha × piperita L., Sp. pl. 2: 576 (1753).

• Hybrid formula: Mentha aquatica L. × Mentha spicata L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mentha × odora Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 80 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Mentha glomerata var. piperita (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 362 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
  • Mentha aquatica f. piperita (L.) G.Mey., Chloris Han.: 290 (1836).
  • Mentha aquatica var. piperita (L.) Alef., Landw. Fl.: 115 (1866).
• Heterotypic
  • Mentha × nigricans Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 12 (1768).
  • Mentha × kahirina Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 213 (1775).
  • Mentha × glabrata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 75 (1794).
  • Mentha × piperita var. officinalis Sole, Menth. Brit.: 15 (1798).
  • Mentha × piperita var. sylvestris Sole, Menth. Brit.: 53, 24 (1798).
  • Mentha × piperita var. vulgaris Sole, Menth. Brit.: 19, 8 (1798).
  • Mentha × hircina Hull, Brit. Fl. 1: 127 (1799).
  • Mentha × officinalis Hull, Brit. Fl. 1: 127 (1799).
  • Mentha × balsamea Willd., Enum. Pl.: 608 (1809).
  • Mentha × hercynica Röhl., Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2: 328 (1812).
  • Mentha × piperita var. hircina Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 366 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Mentha × pimentum Nees ex Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German. 2: 13 (1825).
  • Mentha × crispula Wender., Flora 12(1 Erg.): 27 (1829).
  • Mentha × hortensis Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Mentha hortensis var. citrata Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833).
  • Mentha × langii Geiger ex T.Nees, Düsseld. Samml. Suppl. 2: 25 (1833).
  • Mentha × piperita var. langii W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 250 (1833).
  • Mentha × piperita var. officinalis W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 250 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Mentha × piperita var. subhirsuta Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 176 (1833).
  • Mentha × glabra Bellardi ex Colla, Herb. Pedem. 4: 430 (1835), nom. illeg.
  • Mentha × napolitana Ten., Fl. Napol. 5: t. 242 (1836).
  • Mentha × tenuis Frank ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 169 (1848), nom. inval.
  • Mentha × schultzii Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz, Arch. Fl. France Allemagne 2: 283 (1858).
  • Mentha aquatica var. langii (Geiger ex T.Nees) Alef., Landw. Fl.: 116 (1866).
  • Mentha aquatica convar. subspicata Alef., Landw. Fl.: 115 (1866), nom. illeg.
  • Mentha × braousiana Pérard, Rev. Monogr. Mentha: 8 (1878).
  • Mentha × concinna Pérard, Cat. Rais. Pl. Montluçon, Suppl.: 21 (1878).
  • Mentha × piperita var. pimentum (Nees ex Bluff & Fingerh.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 596 (1881).
  • Mentha × banatica Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 403 (1890).
  • Mentha × durandoana Malinv. ex Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 669 (1890).
  • Mentha × exaltata Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 417 (1890).
  • Mentha × heuffelii Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 404 (1890).
  • Mentha × hudsoniana Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 402 (1890).
  • Mentha × piperita var. crispula (Wender.) Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 403 (1890).
  • Mentha × piperita var. hudsoniana Heinr.Braun, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 402 (1890).
  • Mentha × maximilianea var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 64 (1891).
  • Mentha × piperita var. durandoana (Malinv. ex Batt.) Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 72 (1891).
  • Mentha × piperita var. globosiceps Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 73 (1891).
  • Mentha × piperita var. beckeri Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
  • Mentha × piperita var. calophylla Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
  • Mentha × piperita var. calvifolia Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
  • Mentha × piperita var. hispidula Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 704 (1894).
  • Mentha × piperita var. pennsylvanica Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 703 (1894).
  • Mentha × hirtescens Haw. ex Spach, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 13: 148 (1895).
  • Mentha × piperita var. braousiana (Pérard) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 694 (1903).
  • Mentha × piperita var. hercynica (Röhl.) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 694 (1903).
  • Mentha × suavis var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 696 (1903).
  • Mentha × piperoides Malinv., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 653 (1907).
  • Mentha canescens var. schultzii (Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 375 (1909).
  • Mentha × piperita var. balsamea (Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 377 (1909).
  • Mentha × piperita var. piperoides (Malinv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 378 (1909).
  • Mentha × piperita var. poicila Topitz, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 217 (1913).
  • Mentha × piperita f. rotundella Topitz, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 218 (1913).
  • Mentha × piperita f. puberula Topitz, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 64 (1914).
  • Mentha × piperita var. heuffelii (Heinr.Braun) Topitz, Magyar Bot. Lapok 15: 154 (1916 publ. 1917).
  • Mentha × fraseri Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8: 315 (1927 publ. 1928).
  • Mentha × hircina J.Fraser, J. Bot. 70: 40 (1932).
  • Mentha × piperita var. ouweneelii Lebeau & Lambinon, Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 22: 21 (1986-1987 publ. 1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay Regional: Western Asia Iran, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Turkey Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bermuda, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Kentucky, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Society Is., South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Tennessee, Texas, Tunisia, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin 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: 576. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mentha × piperita in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Mentha × piperita. 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 Apr 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mentha × piperita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Apr 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mentha × piperita. Published online. Accessed: Apr 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mentha × piperita in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

català: Menta pebrera
čeština: Máta peprná
Deutsch: Pfefferminze
English: Peppermint
español: Menta piperita, menta negra
eesti: Piparmünt
euskara: Mendafin
suomi: Piparminttu
français: Menthe poivrée
Gàidhlig: meannt a' phiobair
magyar: Borsmenta
italiano: Menta piperita
latviešu: Piparmētra
македонски: Нане
русский: Мята перечная
slovenčina: Mäta prieporná
svenska: Pepparmynta
Türkçe: Bahçe nanesi
中文: 胡椒薄荷

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