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Mentha × gracilis

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Internal ID UUID68f8f38258821015988067
Scientific name Mentha × gracilis
Authority Sole
First published in Menth. Brit. : 37 (1798)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Mentha gracilis subsp. veronensis (Lebeau) Lambinon Nouv. Fl. Belg. , ed. 6: 1061 (2012)
Mentha gentilis var. veronensis Lebeau Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 44: 253 (1974)
Mentha gentilis var. rivalis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 364 (1821 publ. 1822)
Mentha gentilis var. pusilla Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 41 (1829)
Mentha gracilis var. cardiaca Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 364 (1821 publ. 1822)
Mentha rubra var. pratensis (Sole) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 365 (1821 publ. 1822)
Mentha hirsuta var. agardhiana Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. : 228 (1820)
Mentha gentilis var. altissima Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. : 228 (1820)
Mentha arvensis var. subgentilis A.Blytt Norges Fl. 2: 725 (1874)
Mentha aquatica var. agardhiana (Hartm.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. , ed. 2: 159 (1832)
Mentha sarntheinii Haw. ex Willk. & Lange Fl. Tirol 6(3): 228 (1912)
Mentha stricta Becker ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 308 (1831)
Mentha gentilis var. gracilis (Sole) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 365 (1824)

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Language Common/alternative name
English gingermint
Welsh mintys culddail
German kärntner minze
German ingwer-minze
Finnish jalominttu
Upper Sorbian dobra mjetlička
Norwegian Bokmål engmynte
Dutch edelmunt
Chinese 苏格兰薄荷
Chinese 薑薄荷
Chinese 姜薄荷

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World Flora Online wfo-0000240733
UNII MB50DM1A7J
Canadensys 16998
USDA Plants MEGR2
Tropicos 17608485
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450553-1
NCBI Taxonomy 241069
IPNI 450553-1
iNaturalist 181919
GBIF 2927211
Freebase /m/02vmkky
Elurikkus 335831
Calflora (Californian flora) 11833
USDA GRIN 313240
Wikipedia Mentha_%C3%97_gracilis

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The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Comparative transcriptome analysis to identify putative genes involved in carvacrol biosynthesis pathway in two species of Satureja, endemic medicinal herbs of Iran Shams S, Ismaili A, Firouzabadi FN, Mumivand H, Sorkheh K PLoS One 07-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10328369
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281351
PMID:37418504
Sage, Rosemary, and Bay Laurel Hydrodistillation By-Products as a Source of Bioactive Compounds Miljanović A, Dent M, Grbin D, Pedisić S, Zorić Z, Marijanović Z, Jerković I, Bielen A Plants (Basel) 21-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10346681
doi:10.3390/plants12132394
PMID:37446955
Effects of Vegetal Extracts and Metabolites against Oxidative Stress and Associated Diseases: Studies in Caenorhabditis elegans Hernández-Cruz EY, Eugenio-Pérez D, Ramírez-Magaña KJ, Pedraza-Chaverri J ACS Omega 27-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10018526
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c07025
PMID:36936291
Diploid mint (M. longifolia) can produce spearmint type oil with a high yield potential Kippes N, Tsai H, Lieberman M, Culp D, McCormack B, Wilson RG, Dowd E, Comai L, Henry IM Sci Rep 07-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8651677
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02835-6
PMID:34876628
A Review and Secondary Analysis of Competition-Related Impacts of Nonindigenous Aquatic Plants in the Laurentian Great Lakes Sturtevant R, Lower E, Bartos A, Elgin A Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7924059
doi:10.3390/plants10020406
PMID:33672586
Verticillium Wilt of Mint in the United States of America Dung JK Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7698963
doi:10.3390/plants9111602
PMID:33218083
Grinding and Fractionation during Distillation Alter Hemp Essential Oil Profile and Its Antimicrobial Activity Zheljazkov VD, Sikora V, Semerdjieva IB, Kačániová M, Astatkie T, Dincheva I Molecules 28-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7504750
doi:10.3390/molecules25173943
PMID:32872359
Crop Wild Relatives as Germplasm Resource for Cultivar Improvement in Mint (Mentha L.) Vining KJ, Hummer KE, Bassil NV, Lange BM, Khoury CK, Carver D Front Plant Sci 19-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7466659
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01217
PMID:32973823
Bioactive Natural Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Spice Plants: New Findings and Potential Applications Diniz do Nascimento L, Barbosa de Moraes AA, Santana da Costa K, Pereira Galúcio JM, Taube PS, Leal Costa CM, Neves Cruz J, de Aguiar Andrade EH, Guerreiro de Faria LJ Biomolecules 01-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7407208
doi:10.3390/biom10070988
PMID:32630297
Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions McBride JR, Cavero RY, Cheshire AL, Calvo MI, McBride DL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7296748
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00388-y
PMID:32539795
Elimination of Tobacco rattle virus from viruliferous Paratrichodorus allius in greenhouse pot experiments through cultivation of castle russet Quick RA, Cimrhakl L, Mojtahedi H, Sathuvalli V, Feldman MJ, Brown CR J Nematol 20-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7265893
doi:10.21307/jofnem-2020-011
PMID:32193908
Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Essential Oils from Peppermint, Native Spearmint and Scotch Spearmint Wu Z, Tan B, Liu Y, Dunn J, Martorell Guerola P, Tortajada M, Cao Z, Ji P Molecules 02-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6696458
doi:10.3390/molecules24152825
PMID:31382468
Evidence of a trans-kingdom plant disease complex between a fungus and plant-parasitic nematodes Wheeler DL, Scott J, Dung JK, Johnson DA PLoS One 13-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6373923
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211508
PMID:30759127
Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiaceae in Pain Therapy: A Review Uritu CM, Mihai CT, Stanciu GD, Dodi G, Alexa-Stratulat T, Luca A, Leon-Constantin MM, Stefanescu R, Bild V, Melnic S, Tamba BI Pain Res Manag 08-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5964621
doi:10.1155/2018/7801543
PMID:29854039

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