Mentha royleana

Mentha royleana

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 royleana
Varietates: M. r. var. afghanica – M. r. var. detonsa – M. r. var. gilgitica – M. r. var. glabra – M. r. var. royleana

Name

Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 29 (1830).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mentha sylvestris var. royleana (Wall. ex Benth.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 647 (1885).
  • Mentha longifolia subsp. royleana (Wall. ex Benth.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 322 (1897).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle asia Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wallich, N. (1829) 1830. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. Vol. 1. 100 pp. London. BHL Reference page. : 1: 29

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mentha royleana 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 royleana. 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 royleana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Apr 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mentha royleana. Published online. Accessed: Apr 22 2022.

Vernacular names

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