Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mentha × gracilis Sole [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
almoradux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bushy mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cardiac mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
edelminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gartenminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginger mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gingermint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierbabuena, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
m enthe crépue	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
menta	Other	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2009)
menta romana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
menthe crépue, variété scotch	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
menthe des jardins	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oil of spearmint - scotch variety	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
red mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
redmint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scotch mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scotch spearmint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scotchmint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scottish mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scottish spearmint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spearmint	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
spearmint oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
spearmint, scotch variety	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
ädelmynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering plants	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
overground parts of the flowering plant	fresh overground parts of the flowering plant	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
whole plant	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
whole aboveground plant, flowering	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
flowering aerial parts, leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
plantas floridas frescas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 91 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mentha × cardiaca (Gray) Gerarde ex Baker J. Bot. 3: 245 (1865).
Mentha aquatica var. agardhiana (Hartm.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 159 (1832).
Mentha arvensis var. gracilis (Sole) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 258 (1890), nom. illeg.
Mentha arvensis var. pauliana (F.W.Schultz) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597 (1881).
Mentha arvensis var. subgentilis A.Blytt in A.Blytt, Norges Fl. 2: 725 (1874).
Mentha gentilis var. agardhiana (Hartm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597 (1881).
Mentha gentilis var. altissima Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 228 (1820).
Mentha gentilis var. arrhenii (H.Lindb.) Hyl. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 14: 26 (1941).
Mentha gentilis f. beckeriana Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 241 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. cacosma Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 240 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. cardiaca (Gray) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 776 (1896).
Mentha gentilis subsp. cardiaca (Gray) Briq. Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 5: 51 (1889).
Mentha gentilis var. ciliata Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 777 (1896).
Mentha gentilis var. crispa (Benth.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 635 (1844).
Mentha gentilis var. cuneifolia Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 233 (1831).
Mentha gentilis var. elliptica (Lej.) Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 778 (1896).
Mentha gentilis var. friesii Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 705 (1894).
Mentha gentilis f. geniata Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 75 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. gracilis (Sole) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 365 (1824).
Mentha gentilis var. grata (Host) Briq. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 34: 443 (1895).
Mentha gentilis f. gratiosa Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 75 (1914).
Mentha gentilis f. hackenbruckii Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 74 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. heleogeton (Heinr.Braun) Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 240 (1913).
Mentha gentilis f. hercynica Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 74 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. hortensis Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597 (1881).
Mentha gentilis var. kmetiana (Heinr.Braun) Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 241 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. legitima Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 233 (1831).
Mentha gentilis f. nemoricola Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 75 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. ovata Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 233 (1831).
Mentha gentilis var. pauliana (F.W.Schultz) Strail Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 3: 127 (1864).
Mentha gentilis subsp. pauliana (F.W.Schultz) Briq. Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 5: 50 (1889).
Mentha gentilis subsp. pratensis (Sole) Briq. Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 5: 49 (1889).
Mentha gentilis var. pratensis (Sole) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597 (1881).
Mentha gentilis f. pseudorubra Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 239 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. pugetii (Pérard) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 258 (1890).
Mentha gentilis var. pusilla Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 41 (1829).
Mentha gentilis var. reichenbachii Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 705 (1894).
Mentha gentilis var. resinosa (Opiz) Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 238 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. rivalis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 364 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mentha gentilis subsp. rubra Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597 (1881).
Mentha gentilis f. scandica Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 74 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. schierliana Topitz Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 74 (1914).
Mentha gentilis var. stricta Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 237 (1913).
Mentha gentilis var. variegata (Sole) Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5: 208 (1800).
Mentha gentilis f. variegata Moldenke Phytologia 2: 319 (1947), nom. illeg.
Mentha gentilis var. veronensis Lebeau Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 44: 253 (1974).
Mentha gentilis var. vesana Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 231 (1831).
Mentha hirsuta var. agardhiana Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl.: 228 (1820).
Mentha × acutifolia Rabenh. Fl. Lusit. 1: 160 (1839), sensu auct.
Mentha × agardhiana (Hartm.) Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 184 (1828).
Mentha × arrhenii H.Lindb. Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 32: 92 (1906).
Mentha × beckeri Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 482 (1890).
Mentha × calvescens Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 480 (1890).
Mentha × cantalica Hérib. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 167 (1880).
Mentha × cardiaca var. kmetiana Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 473 (1890).
Mentha × cardiaca var. pergracilis Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 473 (1890).
Mentha × ciliata Opiz ex Fresen. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 240 (1828).
Mentha × cinerea Opiz Seznam: 64 (1852).
Mentha × crepiniana T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 16: 115 (1877).
Mentha × cruciata Opiz ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 126 (1841).
Mentha × dentata Moench Methodus: 380 (1794).
Mentha × dentata var. agraria (Opiz ex Fresen.) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 490 (1890).
Mentha × elegans Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 117 (1825).
Mentha × elliptica Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 117 (1825).
Mentha × elliptica var. variegata (Sole) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 479 (1890).
Mentha × gracilis var. cardiaca Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 364 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mentha × gracilis subsp. veronensis (Lebeau) Lambinon Nouv. Fl. Belg., ed. 6: 1061 (2012).
Mentha × grata Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 152 (1831).
Mentha × grata var. variegata (Sole) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 479 (1890).
Mentha × heleogeton Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 479 (1890).
Mentha × hortensis Tausch ex W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 635 (1844), nom. illeg.
Mentha × pauciflora Figert Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 7: 11 (1889).
Mentha × pauliana F.W.Schultz Jahresber. Pollichia 11: 40 (1853).
Mentha × perdentata Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 472 (1890).
Mentha × postelbergensis Opiz Seznam: 65 (1852).
Mentha × pratensis Sole Menth. Brit.: 39 (1798).
Mentha × pratensis var. crispa Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 174 (1833).
Mentha × pugetii Pérard Rev. Monogr. Mentha: 20 (1878).
Mentha × resinosa Opiz Naturalientausch 10: 195 (1825).
Mentha × resinosa var. wuerlii Opiz ex Heinr.Braun & Topitz Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 14: 145 (1896).
Mentha × rhomboidifolia Pérard Cat. Rais. Pl. Montluçon, Suppl.: 24 (1878).
Mentha × rubra var. crepiniana (T.Durand) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 476 (1890).
Mentha × rubra var. pratensis (Sole) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 365 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mentha × sarntheinii Haw. ex Willk. & Lange Fl. Tirol 6(3): 228 (1912).
Mentha × strailii T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 14: 307 (1875).
Mentha × stricta Becker ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 308 (1831), not validly publ.
Mentha × subgentilis Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 472 (1890).
Mentha × subundulata Borbás Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 413 (1891).
Mentha × variegata Sole Menth. Brit.: 43 (1798).
Mentha × vegeta Baker J. Bot. 3: 245 (1865).
Mentha × vesana (Lej.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 6: 228 (1912).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mentha cardiaca	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Mentha cardiaca Gerard et Backer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mentha cardiaca Gerard ex Baker	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Mentha cardiaca Gérard	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Mentha gracilis	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2009)
Mentha gracilis Sole	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Mentha x cardiaca (Gray) Bak.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Mentha x gracilis Sole	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009)
Mentha ×gracilis Sole	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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