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Garden Mint

Mentha spicata L.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mentha spicata L.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Mentha spicata
Species recognized by wikipedia 日本語, Pignatti, 1982, Afghanistan Species List, Andorra Species List, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guatemala Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Luxembourg Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, and United States Species List
Mentha spicata
Recognized by Afghanistan Species List, CalPhotos, National Wetland Plant List USA, Biopix Nature Photos, and Furui 2020
Mentha spicata (Cultiv)
Recognized by Biopix Nature Photos
Mentha spicata (Hierbabuena)
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia NL, and wikipedia POL
Mentha spicata L.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Mentha spicata L.
Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk and Flora of Zimbabwe
Mentha spicata L. (1753)
Recognized by IABIN
Mentha spicata Linnaeus
Recognized by eFloras
Mentha spicata
Species recognized by USDA PLANTS images, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Simpson et al 2020, Simpson et al 2020, Simpson et al 2020, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and TRY summarized records
Mentha spicata
Recognized by North American Flora, Flickr Group, Flickr BHL, and European Vegetation Archive (EVA)
Mentha spicata L.
Species recognized by IUCN, Flora do Brasil, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, USDA Plants data, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Mentha spicata L.
Recognized by NMNH Collection, Plant Forms, Habitat and Distribution, and BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK

Alternative Names

Mentha cordifolia
Synonym according to NCBI
Mentha hortensis Opiz
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha lejeunei Opiz
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha michelii Ten.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha piperella (Lej. & Courtois) Opiz
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha pudina Buch.-Ham.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha rubicunda Haw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha tenuifolia Opiz
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha viridis
Synonym according to NCBI
Mentha viridis subsp. malinvaldii Agasse
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Mentha × cordifolia
Synonym according to NCBI
Mentha × cordifolia Opiz ex Fresen.
Authority according to NCBI
Mentha × villosa var. cordifolia
Synonym according to NCBI
Mentha × villosa var. cordifolia (Opiz ex Fresen.) Lebeau
Authority according to NCBI
Mentha cordifolia
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha cordifolia Lej. & Courtois
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha longifolia
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha longifolia
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. mollissima (Borkh.) Rouy
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. undulata (Willd.) Fiori
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha longifolia var. mollissima (Borkh.) Rouy
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha longifolia var. undulata (Willd.) Fiori
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha spicata L. var. longifolia L.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha spicata L. var. spicata
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha spicata var. longifolia L.
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha spicata var. rotundifolia L.
Synonym according to Flora do Brasil
Mentha spicata var. spicata L.
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha sylvestris L.
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha sylvestris L.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Mentha viridis L.
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mentha viridis L.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images

Common Names

English

Garden mint preferred
Recognized by admin
spearmint preferred
Recognized by USDA PLANTS images and admin
Spearmint
prefer
Recognized by National Wetland Plant List USA and Simpson et al 2020

Afrikaans

Kruisement preferred
Recognized by admin

Catalan; Valencian

Menta preferred
Recognized by admin
Menta del caramel
prefer
Recognized by admin
Menta sopera
prefer
Recognized by admin

French

Baume preferred
Recognized by admin
baume vert
prefer
Recognized by admin
menthe à épis
prefer
Recognized by admin
menthe romaine
prefer
Recognized by admin

Italian

Menta romana preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982
Mentastro verde
prefer
Recognized by admin

Japanese

オランダハッカ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Portuguese

Hortelã-verde preferred
Recognized by admin
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Curated hierarchies for Mentha spicata L.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
Mentha spicata subsp. spicata
Mentha alaica Boriss.
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha atrolilacina B. J. Conn & D. J. Duval
Mentha australis R. Br.
Mentha canadensis L.
Mentha carinthiaca Host
Mentha cervina L.
Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.
Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Mentha dalmatica Tausch
Mentha darvasica Boriss.
Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Mentha digenea Briq. ex Petr.
Mentha dumetorum Schult.
Mentha gattefossei Maire
Mentha gayeri Trautm.
Mentha gentilis L.
Mentha grandiflora Benth.
Mentha intrusa Cout.
Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino
Mentha kuemmerlei Trautm.
Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Mentha locyana Borbás
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr. Braun
Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss.
Mentha piperita L.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha pyramidalis Ten.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth.
Mentha saturejoides R. Br.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha suavis Guss.
Mentha subcordifrons Borbás
Mentha verticillata L.
Mentha villosa Huds.
Mentha villosa-nervata Opiz
Mentha wirtgeniana F. W. Schultz

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales Bromhead
Lamiaceae
Mentha L.
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
Mentha spicata subsp. spicata
Audibertia × palmeri A. Gray
Mentha alaica Boriss.
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha atrolilacina B. J. Conn & D. J. Duval
Mentha australis R. Br.
Mentha canadensis L.
Mentha cervina L.
Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.
Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Mentha darvasica Boriss.
Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Mentha gattefossei Maire
Mentha grandiflora Benth.
Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino
Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Mentha longifolia (L.) L.
Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr. Braun
Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth.
Mentha satureioides R. Br.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha × carinthiaca Host
Mentha × dalmatica Tausch
Mentha × digenea Briq. ex Petr.
Mentha × dumetorum Schult.
Mentha × gayeri Trautm.
Mentha × gracilis Sole
Mentha × intrusa Cout.
Mentha × kuemmerlei Trautm.
Mentha × locyana Borbás
Mentha × piperita L.
Mentha × pyramidalis Ten.
Mentha × rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha × suavis Guss.
Mentha × subcordifrons Borbás
Mentha × verticillata L.
Mentha × villosa Huds.
Mentha × villosa-nervata Opiz
Mentha × wirtgeniana F. W. Schultz

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
Mentha spicata subsp. spicata
Mentha alaica Boriss.
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha atrolilacina B. J. Conn & D. J. Duval
Mentha australis R. Br.
Mentha canadensis L.
Mentha carinthiaca Host
Mentha cervina L.
Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.
Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Mentha dalmatica Tausch
Mentha darvasica Boriss.
Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Mentha digenea Briq. ex Petr.
Mentha dumetorum Schult.
Mentha gattefossei Maire
Mentha gayeri Trautm.
Mentha gentilis L.
Mentha grandiflora Benth.
Mentha intrusa Cout.
Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino
Mentha kuemmerlei Trautm.
Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Mentha locyana Borbás
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr. Braun
Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss.
Mentha piperita L.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha pyramidalis Ten.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth.
Mentha saturejoides R. Br.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha suavis Guss.
Mentha subcordifrons Borbás
Mentha verticillata L.
Mentha villosa Huds.
Mentha villosa-nervata Opiz
Mentha wirtgeniana F. W. Schultz

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha spicata ssp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
Mentha spicata ssp. spicata
Mentha alaica Boriss.
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha atrolilacina B. J. Conn & D. J. Duval
Mentha australis R. Br.
Mentha canadensis L.
Mentha carinthiaca Host
Mentha cervina L.
Mentha cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth.
Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Mentha dalmatica Tausch
Mentha darvasica Boriss.
Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Mentha digenea Briq. ex Petr.
Mentha dumetorum Schult.
Mentha gattefossei Maire
Mentha gayeri Trautm.
Mentha gentilis L.
Mentha grandiflora Benth.
Mentha intrusa Cout.
Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino
Mentha kuemmerlei Trautm.
Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Mentha locyana Borbás
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr. Braun
Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss.
Mentha piperita L.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha pyramidalis Ten.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth.
Mentha saturejoides R. Br.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha suavis Guss.
Mentha subcordifrons Borbás
Mentha verticillata L.
Mentha villosa Huds.
Mentha villosa-nervata Opiz
Mentha wirtgeniana F. W. Schultz

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha L.
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata (Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
Mentha spicata subsp. spicata
Mentha alaica Boriss.
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha aquatica × Mentha gracilis
Mentha aquatica × Mentha longifolia
Mentha aquatica × Mentha longifolia × Mentha spicata
Mentha ararica Gandoger
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha atrolilacina B. J. Conn & D. J. Duval
Mentha australis R. Br.
Mentha battandieri Malinv.
Mentha canadensis L.
Mentha carinthiaca Host
Mentha cervina L.
Mentha cunninghamii Benth.
Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth.
Mentha dalmatica Tausch
Mentha darvasica Boriss.
Mentha diemenica Spreng.
Mentha digenea Briq. ex Petrak
Mentha dumetorum Schult.
Mentha gattefossei Maire
Mentha gayeri Trautm.
Mentha gentilis L.
Mentha grandiflora Benth.
Mentha hybr
Mentha hyptiformis Poir.
Mentha intrusa P. Cout.
Mentha japonica Makino
Mentha jucunda Briq.
Mentha kuemmerlei Trautm.
Mentha laxiflora Benth.
Mentha locyana Borbás
Mentha longifolia Huds.
Mentha longifolia × Mentha spicata
Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr. Braun
Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss.
Mentha piperita L.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha pyramidalis Ten.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha royleana Wall. ex Benth.
Mentha saturejoides R. Br.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha suavis Guss.
Mentha subcordifrons Borbás
Mentha verticillata L.
Mentha villosa Huds.
Mentha villosa-nervata Opiz
Mentha wirtgeniana F. W. Schultz
Mentha × cyrnea Litard.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Asteranae
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha L.
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Mentha aquatica L.
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha pulegium L.
Mentha requienii Benth.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Mentha × gracilis Sole
Mentha × piperita L.
Mentha × rotundifolia (L.) Huds.
Mentha × smithiana Graham
Mentha × verticillata L.
Mentha × villosa Huds.

IUCN

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha spicata L. (this page)
Achyrospermum micranthum Perkins
Acrotome mozambiquensis G. Taylor
Aegiphila herzogii Moldenke
Aegiphila steinbachii Moldenke
Aeollanthus holstii Gürke
Aeollanthus stuhlmannii Gürke
Callicarpa selleana Urb. & Ekman
Clerodendrum eucalycinum Oliv.
Clerodendrum involucratum Vatke
Clerodendrum kauderni Moldenke
Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr.
Clerodendrum sylvae Adain
Gmelina asiatica L.
Gmelina basifilum de Kok
Gmelina chinensis Benth.
Gmelina dalrympleana (F. Muell.) H. J. Lam
Gmelina elliptica Sm.
Gmelina hollrungii de Kok
Gmelina lecomtei Dop
Gmelina ledermannii H. J. Lam
Gmelina lepidota Scheff.
Gmelina palawensis H. J. Lam
Gmelina papuana Bakh.
Gmelina peltata de Kok
Gmelina philippensis Cham.
Gmelina racemosa (Lour.) Merr.
Gmelina salomonensis Bakh.
Gmelina schlechteri H. J. Lam
Gmelina sessilis C. T. White & W. D. Francis ex Lane-Poole
Gmelina smithii Moldenke
Gmelina tholicola Mabb.
Gmelina uniflora Stapf
Hyptis grisea Harley
Hyptis kempffiana Harley
Hyptis tuberosa Harley
Hyptis woodii Harley
Karomia humbertii (Moldenke) R. Fern.
Karomia macrocalyx (Baker) R. Fern.
Karomia madagascariensis (Moldenke) R. Fern.
Karomia microphylla (Moldenke) R. Fern.
Karomia mira (Moldenke) R. Fern.
Lavandula maroccana Murb.
Madlabium magenteum Hedge
Plectranthus cucullatus A. J. Paton
Premna aureolepidota Moldenke
Premna bequaertii Moldenke
Premna decaryi Moldenke
Premna humbertii Moldenke
Premna lepidella Moldenke
Premna longiacuminata Moldenke
Premna longipetiolata Moldenke
Premna madagascariensis Moldenke
Premna perplexans Moldenke
Pseudocarpidium wrightii Millsp.
Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke
Rotheca bukobensis (Gürke) Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. ussukumae (Verdc.) Verdc.
Salvia taraxacifolia Coss. & Balansa
Teijsmanniodendron bintuluense Moldenke
Teijsmanniodendron bullatum Rusea
Teijsmanniodendron coriaceum (C. B. Clarke) Kosterm.
Teijsmanniodendron glabrum Merr.
Teijsmanniodendron havilandii (Ridl.) Rusea
Teijsmanniodendron hollrungii (Warb.) Kosterm.
Teijsmanniodendron holophyllum (Baker) Kosterm.
Teijsmanniodendron latiffii Rusea
Teijsmanniodendron obscurinerve Rusea
Teijsmanniodendron pteropodum (Miq.) Bakh.
Teijsmanniodendron punctatum Rusea
Thymus saturejoides Coss.
Vitex aurea Moldenke
Vitex befotakensis Moldenke
Vitex beraviensis Vatke
Vitex betsiliensis Humbert
Vitex bojeri Schau
Vitex cauliflora Moldenke
Vitex cestroides Baker
Vitex chrysomallum Steud.
Vitex coursii Moldenke
Vitex elakelakensis Moldenke
Vitex flava Ridl.
Vitex grandidiana W. Piep.
Vitex hirsutissima Baker
Vitex hispidissima (Seem.) Callm. & Phillipson
Vitex humbertii Moldenke
Vitex lanigera Schauer
Vitex lastellei Moldenke
Vitex lowryi Callm., Phillipson & G. E. Schatz
Vitex madagascariensis Moldenke
Vitex masoalensis G. E. Schatz
Vitex oscitans Moldenke
Vitex perrieri Danguy
Vitex phillyreifolia Baker
Vitex rubra Moldenke
Vitex rubroaurantiaca De Wild.
Vitex stellata Moldenke
Vitex teloravina Baker
Vitex trichantha Baker
Vitex uniflora Baker
Vitex vondrozensis Moldenke
626 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
asterids
lamiids
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Nepetoideae
Mentheae
Mentha
Mentha spicata (this page)
Mentha spicata subsp. condensata
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha asiatica
Mentha australis
Mentha canadensis
Mentha cervina
Mentha cunninghamii
Mentha dahurica
Mentha diemenica
Mentha gattefossei
Mentha japonica
Mentha longifolia
Mentha pulegium
Mentha requienii
Mentha royleana
Mentha satureioides
Mentha suaveolens
Mentha × dalmatica
Mentha × dumetorum
Mentha × gracilis
Mentha × maximilianea
Mentha × piperita
Mentha × rotundifolia
Mentha × smithiana
Mentha × verticillata
Mentha × villosa
unclassified Mentha
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