Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Mentha longifolia Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Mentha sylvestris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 804. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Dania, Germania, Anglia, Gallia." RCN: 4199.

Replaced synonym: Mentha spicata L. var. longifolia L. (1753).

Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 234, f. 3. 1980): Herb. Burser XIII: 9 (UPS).

Current name: Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. (Lamiaceae).

Note: This is an illegitimate replacement name for Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson (1762), itself based on Mentha spicata var. longifolia L. (1753).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 666, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
UPS
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Mentha
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
9
Order
Lamiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
longifolia
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mentha longifolia Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007