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Taxon:  Mentha arvensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Mentha
Section:
Mentha
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Nomen number:
24069
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:577. 1753
Comment:
non Mentha arvensis auct. N. Amer. (= M. canadensis L.)
Verified:
09/19/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mentha austriaca Jacq.
Mentha gentilis L.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961- http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
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  5. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974
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  24. Patra, N. K. et al. 2001. A unique interspecific hybrid spearmint clone with growth properties of Mentha arvensis L. and oil qualities of Mentha spicata L.. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:471-476. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
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Common names
English
corn mint –
European corn mint –
field mint –
French
baume des champs –
menthe des champs –
German
Ackerminze –
Kornminze –
Portuguese (Brazil)
hortelã-do-campo –
hortelã-japonêsa –
hortelã-pimenta –
Swedish
åkermynta –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.), Turkey (n.e.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (Himalayan region), Nepal
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
Materials
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):344. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968) –


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