Melittis melissophyllum

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Internal ID UUID643fe32e0363a057510424
Scientific name Melittis melissophyllum
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 597 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melissa tragi Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. : t. 372 (1764)
Melittis grandiflora Sm. Sowerby & Sm. English Botany. ix. sub t. 577, in obs., et t. 636 (1799).
Melittis melissophyllum var. grandiflora (Sm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 574. 1881
Melittis melissifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 87 (1796)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish toronjil de monte
Spanish melittis melissifolium
Spanish melittis grandiflora
Spanish melisa silvestre
Spanish oenonea melissifolia
Spanish toronjil silvestre
Arabic العسلية
Arabic تربخان نتن
Azerbaijani Çin remanniyası
Belarusian Кадзіла сармацкае
Bulgarian маточинолистна кошутина
Catalan melissa borda
Czech medovník meduňkolistý
Czech medovník velkokvětý
Welsh y wenynog
German immenblatt
Finnish mettisenmelittis
French melitte a feuilles de melisse
French mélitte à feuilles de mélisse
Swiss German immenblatt
Croatian pčelinja ljubica
Croatian medenika
Croatian melittis grandiflora
Upper Sorbian rójnik
Hungarian délvidéki méhfű
Hungarian déli méhfű
Italian erba limona comune
Lithuanian medumėlė
Lithuanian melisalapė medumėlė
mwl bertónia
Dutch bijenblad
Polish miodownik melisowaty
Portuguese bretónica
Portuguese cidreira-bastarda
Portuguese betónica
Romanian dumbravnic
Russian Кадило
Slovak medúnka medovkolistá
Slovenian navadna medenika
Ukrainian Кадило сарматське

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Melittis melissophyllum subsp. albida (Guss.) P.W.Ball Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 71 (1971)
Melittis melissophyllum subsp. carpatica (Klokov) P.W.Ball Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 71 (1971)
Melittis melissophyllum subsp. melissophyllum Unknown

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000240105
Tropicos 17600149
INPN 108003
Flora of Italy 4467
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450128-1
The Plant List kew-124152
Open Tree Of Life 156186
Observations.org 70090
NCBI Taxonomy 457147
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000004224
IPNI 450128-1
iNaturalist 318952
GBIF 8105693
Freebase /m/026gbk8
EPPO MLTME
USDA GRIN 468752
Wikipedia Melittis

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965112285.1 daMelMeli1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-01-23 46 416.47 Mb

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Recent Advances of Polyphenol Oxidases in Plants Zhang S Molecules 25-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10004730
doi:10.3390/molecules28052158
PMID:36903403
A Comprehensive Review on Bio-Based Materials for Chronic Diabetic Wounds Pei J, Palanisamy CP, Alugoju P, Anthikapalli NV, Natarajan PM, Umapathy VR, Swamikannu B, Jayaraman S, Rajagopal P, Poompradub S Molecules 06-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9861360
doi:10.3390/molecules28020604
PMID:36677658
Pollen record of the Late Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphic sequence and current plant biodiversity from Grotta Mora Cavorso (Simbruini Mountains, Central Italy) D'Agostino A, Di Marco G, Marvelli S, Marchesini M, Martínez‐Labarga JM, Rolfo MF, Canini A, Gismondi A Ecol Evol 08-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9643123
doi:10.1002/ece3.9486
PMID:36381401
Decontamination technologies for medicinal and aromatic plants: A review Rahmati E, Khoshtaghaza MH, Banakar A, Ebadi M Food Sci Nutr 11-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8907729
doi:10.1002/fsn3.2707
PMID:35311169
Sewage Pollution Promotes the Invasion-Related Traits of Impatiens glandulifera in an Oligotrophic Habitat of the Sharr Mountain (Western Balkans) Stanojevic M, Trailovic M, Dubljanin T, Krivošej Z, Nikolic M, Nikolic N Plants (Basel) 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8708665
doi:10.3390/plants10122814
PMID:34961285
Effect of gamma irradiation on the caffeoylquinic acid derivatives content, antioxidant activity, and microbial contamination of Pluchea indica leaves Ernawati, Suryadi H, Mun'im A Heliyon 19-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8405984
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07825
PMID:34485725
An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti) Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L PhytoKeys 31-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8390790
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:34475797
Evidence for the importance of land use, site characteristics and vegetation composition for rooting in European Alps Tasser E, Gamper S, Walde J, Obojes N, Tappeiner U Sci Rep 27-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8159984
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90652-2
PMID:34045598
The extrastriate symmetry response can be elicited by flowers and landscapes as well as abstract shapes Makin AD, Rampone G, Karakashevska E, Bertamini M J Vis 26-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7409590
doi:10.1167/jov.20.5.11
PMID:32455428
Chemical Diversity of Bastard Balm (Melittis melisophyllum L.) as Affected by Plant Development Szymborska-Sandhu I, Przybył JL, Kosakowska O, Bączek K, Węglarz Z Molecules 22-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7287771
doi:10.3390/molecules25102421
PMID:32455929
Coumarins in Food and Methods of Their Determination Lončar M, Jakovljević M, Šubarić D, Pavlić M, Buzjak Služek V, Cindrić I, Molnar M Foods 18-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7278589
doi:10.3390/foods9050645
PMID:32443406
Effect of Shading on Development, Yield and Quality of Bastard Balm Herb (Melittis melissophyllum L.) Szymborska-Sandhu I, Przybył JL, Pióro-Jabrucka E, Jędrzejuk A, Węglarz Z, Bączek K Molecules 03-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7248885
doi:10.3390/molecules25092142
PMID:32375290
Symmetry preference in shapes, faces, flowers and landscapes Bertamini M, Rampone G, Makin AD, Jessop A PeerJ 17-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6585942
doi:10.7717/peerj.7078
PMID:31245176
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
Herbs and Spices- Biomarkers of Intake Based on Human Intervention Studies – A Systematic Review Vázquez-Fresno R, Rosana AR, Sajed T, Onookome-Okome T, Wishart NA, Wishart DS Genes Nutr 22-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6532192
doi:10.1186/s12263-019-0636-8
PMID:31143299

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