Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
meguene	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
menta	Other	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2009)
鱼香根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鱼香草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mentha nouletiana var. gallica Briq. in É.A.J.De Wildeman & T.A.Durand, Prodr. Fl. Belg. 3: 696 (1903), nom. superfl.
Mentha spicata var. rotundifolia L. Sp. Pl.: 576 (1753).
Mentha sylvestris var. niliaca (Jacq.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2: 258 (1890).
Mentha viridis var. cana Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 227 (1831).
Mentha × ambigua Personnat Act. Congr. Bot. Paris: 161 (1867), nom. illeg.
Mentha × anglica Déségl. Bull. Soc. Études Sci. Angers, reimpr. 8-9: 12 (1880).
Mentha × burckhardtiana Opiz Naturalientausch 11: 301 (1826).
Mentha × clandestina (Wirtg.) Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 366 (1890).
Mentha × fragrans C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 78 (1822).
Mentha × halleri Dierb. Fl. Heidelb. 2: 169 (1820), nom. illeg.
Mentha × microstachys Timb.-Lagr. ex Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 364 (1890).
Mentha × niliaca Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 46 (1777).
Mentha × niliaca var. lurida Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 694 (1894).
Mentha × niliaca var. melaneilema Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 694 (1894).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. ambigua Pérard Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 337 (1870).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. apodysa Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 691 (1894).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. bella Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 678 (1896).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. brachytricha Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 677 (1896).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. clandestina (Wirtg.) Pérard Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 337 (1870).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. clandestina Wirtg. Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov.: 353 (1857).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. cordifolia Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 147 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. crematophylla Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 146 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. expallens Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 677 (1896).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. exstans Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 145 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. fragrans Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 364 (1890).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. genuina Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 363 (1890), not validly publ.
Mentha × rotundifolia var. microdonta Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 34 (1891).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. pachystachya Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 147 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. psilostachya Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 144 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. rugosa Pérard Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 337 (1870).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. rugosa Wirtg. Herb. Menth. Rhen., ed. 2: 9 (1861).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. segorbensis Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 144 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. semeiodes Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 676 (1896).
Mentha × rotundifolia f. thierseana Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 145 (1913).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. trevirani Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 691 (1894).
Mentha × rotundifolia var. variegata Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 361 (1821 publ. 1822).
Mentha × villosa f. burckhardtiana (Opiz) Topitz Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 197 (1913).
Mentha × villosa var. wirtgeniana Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 372 (1909), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mentha rotundifolia	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2009)
Mentha rotundifolia (L) Huds.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Hudson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mentha rotundifolia L.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Mentha × rotundifolia (L.) Huds.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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