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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Links

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

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
magyar: Citromfű
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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