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7328.000 Mentha - 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 Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mentha:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: MenthaFlora of Burundi: Mentha
Flora of Zambia: Mentha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Mentha
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MenthaBHL (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
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