Mentha spicata(MENSP)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-22
- EPPO Code: MENSP
- Preferred name: Mentha spicata
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Europe to Black Sea, Caucasus, Mediterranean (except southwestern), Central Asia (Uzbekisetan), Western Asia, Himalayas, China. Cultivated as a flavouring agent (peppermint). Introduced in Africa (Sahel countries), Ethiopia, South Africa, North America (throughout except far north), Venezuela, Argentina, southern Brazil, Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania), New Zealand
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Mentha spicata var. spicata | Linnaeus |
| Mentha viridis | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| spearmint | English |
| Ährenminze | German |
| ährige Minze | German |
| grüne Minze | German |
| menthe en épi | French |
| menthe en grappe | French |
| menthe verte | French |
| batán | Spanish |
| hierbabuena | Spanish |
| hierbabuena común | Spanish |
| hierba romana | Spanish |
| hojas de Santa María | Spanish |
| hortelana | Spanish |
| mastranzo menor | Spanish |
| menta de la sopa | Spanish |
| menta griega | Spanish |
| menta romana | Spanish |
| menta verde | Spanish |
| salvia romana | Spanish |
| menta romana | Italian |
| menta verde | Italian |
| aarmunt | Dutch |
| groene munt | Dutch |
| hortelã | Portuguese |
| hortelã-comum | Portuguese |
| hortelã-das-cozinhas | Portuguese |
| hortelã-verde | Portuguese |
| hortelã-vulgar | Portuguese |
| mentastro | Portuguese |
| mentastro-das-bóticas | Portuguese |
| gröne munt | Swedish |
| grönmynta | Swedish |
| midorihakka | Japanese |
| ミドリハッカ | Japanese |
| мята колосистая | Russian |
| мята колосовая | Russian |
| мята садовая | Russian |
| grøn mynte | Danish |
| eşek nanesi | Turkish |
| mięta zielona | Polish |
| ló menta | Hungarian |
| marokkói menta | Hungarian |
| mendër | Albanian |
| джожен | Bulgarian |
| herba sana vera | Catalan |
| menta borda | Catalan |
| menta comuna | Catalan |
| menta de bou | Catalan |
| menta de fer sopa | Catalan |
| menta de las faves | Catalan |
| menta primperaca | Catalan |
| liú lán xiāng | Chinese |
| 留兰香 | Chinese |
| klasasta metvica | Croatian |
| máta klasnatá | Czech |
| cartlainn gharraí | Irish |
| erba de carcolhs | Occitan |
| menta romana | Occitan |
| mäta klasnatá | Slovak |
| mäta marocká | Slovak |
| klasasta meta | Slovene |
| м'ята колосовидна | Ukrainian |
| mintys ysbigog | Welsh |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Lamiales (
1LAMO )
Family
Lamiaceae (
1LAMF )
Subfamily
Nepetoideae (
1NEPS )
Genus
Mentha (
1MENG )
Species
Mentha spicata (
MENSP )