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Taxon:
Mentha arvensis
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Mentha
Section:
Mentha
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:
24069
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:577. 1753
Comment:
non
Mentha arvensis
auct. N. Amer. (=
M. canadensis
L.)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
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
Autonym(s)
Mentha arvensis
L. f.
arvensis
Mentha arvensis
L. subsp.
arvensis
Mentha arvensis
L. var.
arvensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mentha austriaca
Jacq.
Mentha gentilis
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds.
The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html
Bunsawat, J. et al.
2004. Phylogenetics of
Mentha
(Lamiaceae): evidence from chloroplast DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 29:959-964.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Capuzzo, A. & M. E. Maffei.
2014. Molecular fingerprinting of some
Mentha
species by sequencing and RFLP analysis of the 5S-rRNA non-transcribed spacer region. Pl. Biosyst. 148:683-690.
Castroviejo, S. et al., eds.
1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1962. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 6:338.
Cronquist, A. et al.
1972-. Intermountain flora.
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 215-216.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
var. javanica
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Gobert, V. et al.
2002. Hybridization in the section
Mentha
(Lamiaceae) inferred from AFLP markers. Amer. J. Bot. 89:2017-2023.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Gobert, V. et al.
2006. Heterogeneity of three molecular data partition phylogenies of mints related to
M.
×
piperita
(
Mentha
; Lamiaceae). Pl. Biol. 8:470-485.
Green, C. L.
1989. Opportunities and requirements for the development of new essential oil, spice and plant extractive industries. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 78, 79.
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Khanuja, S. P. S. et al.
2000. Assessment of genetic relationships in
Mentha
species. Euphytica 111:121-125.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed.
2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
Laasimer, L. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association).
1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):344.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
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.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Sell, P. & G. Murrell.
1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Note:
=
Mentha arvensis
var.
javanica
Tucker, A. O. & R. F. C. Naczi.
2007.
Mentha
: an overview of its classification and relationships. Mint: the genus
Mentha
17-18.
Note:
CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Tucker, A. O. et al.
1980. The Linnaean types of
Mentha
(Lamiaceae). Taxon 29:236.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
University of Texas Herbarium.
2000-. The mints of Texas (on-line resource)
URL:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/LSL/Mints/
Common names
English
corn mint –
Reference(s)
European corn mint –
Reference(s)
field mint –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
field mint –
Reference(s)
French
baume des champs –
Reference(s)
menthe des champs –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
menthe des champs –
Reference(s)
German
Ackerminze –
Reference(s)
Kornminze –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
hortelã-do-campo –
Reference(s)
hortelã-japonêsa –
Reference(s)
hortelã-pimenta –
Reference(s)
Swedish
åkermynta –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kyrgyzstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Tajikistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Altay
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Buryatia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Gorno-Altay
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Irkutsk
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Kemerovo
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Kurgan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Novosibirsk
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Omsk
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Tomsk
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Tuva
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Tyumen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation
Yakutia-Sakha
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
e.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
n.e.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Himalayan region
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Estonia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Latvia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Lithuania
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Moldova
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation-European part
European part
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
incl. Krym
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Czechoslovakia
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Switzerland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Finland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Ireland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Norway
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Sweden
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Former Yugoslavia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Singapore
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Canada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
Native
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
(e.),
Turkey
(n.e.)
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia],
Azerbaijan
SIBERIA:
Russian Federation
[Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkmenistan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(Himalayan region),
Nepal
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
,
Finland
,
United Kingdom
,
Ireland
,
Norway
,
Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia
,
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Switzerland
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part
[European part],
Belarus
,
Estonia
,
Lithuania
,
Latvia
,
Moldova
,
Ukraine
(incl. Krym)
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
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Materials
essential oils
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):344.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):344.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Weed
potential seed contaminant
fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables
Name
References