7328.000 Mentha L. - Mints

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs (ours), with a characteristic minty smell. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, spike-like. Flowers small; bracts leaf-like, smaller than leaves; bracteoles linear. Calyx 10-nerved, ± equally 5-toothed. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, ± equal, spreading, exserted. Nutlets ovoid.

Worldwide: 25 species in the temperate Old World

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
aquatica L.	W,C	Nw,C,Lk

Other sources of information about Mentha:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Mentha
Flora of Burundi: Mentha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mentha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Mentha

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Mentha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mentha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mentha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mentha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Mentha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mentha
JSTOR Plant Science: Mentha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mentha
Plants of the World Online: Mentha
Tropicos: Mentha
Wikipedia: Mentha

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Mentha.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1224, retrieved 23 November 2024

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