Plant Details

Accepted name:: Minthostachys verticillata (Griseb.) Epling [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
peperina	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
peperita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
piperita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
south american peppermint	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaf, flower	dried leaf + stem	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bystropogon kuntzeanum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 800 (1896).
Minthostachys verticillata var. eupatorioides Epling Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 134 (1938).
Xenopoma verticillatum Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 237 (1874).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Minthostachys verticillata (Griseb.) Epling	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Minthostachys verticillata Epling	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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