Lamiaceae
Mentha

Mentha × verticillata L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1099 (1759)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Europe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is M. aquatica × M. arvensis.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Azores, Cape Verde, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. & Pearman, D.A. (2015). Hybrid flora of the British isles: 1-501. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ryabinina, Z.N. & Knyazev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 3, 1972 Sennen, F. [4518] France K000494801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494787 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [2] United Kingdom K000494785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sennen, F. [3873] Spain K000494800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [3] United Kingdom K000494786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [24] K000494791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [1] United Kingdom K000494789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [15] United Kingdom K000494782 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Jorat] [s.n.] K000494790 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [5] United Kingdom K000494779 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [4] United Kingdom K000494778 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494792 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gonzalo, H. [5535] Spain K000494803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000494788 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [5] United Kingdom K000494780 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, J. [4] United Kingdom K000494783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borbas, V. [2166] Hungary K000494799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000494798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [22] K000494797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sole, W. [s.n.] K000494794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Secondane, F. [s.n.] Spain K000494802 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images