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Details for: PI 617499,
Mentha spicata
L., M. spicata G-11215
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Mentha spicata
L.
Top Name:
M. spicata G-11215
Origin:
Collected – Pennsylvania, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Mentha spicata
L.
Top Name:
M. spicata G-11215
Origin:
Collected – Pennsylvania, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
13 Aug 1993
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
Guatemala
Comment:
Originally from Guatemala to Pennsylvania to Geneva, New York to NCGR-Corvallis
Developed
Pennsylvania, United States
Comment:
Originally from Guatemala to Pennsylvania to Geneva, New York to NCGR-Corvallis
Donated
13 August 1993.
New York, United States
Donor(s):
McFerson, James, USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
M. spicata G-11215
Type: Site identifier
Group: MENTHA
Received as Mentha cordifolia open pollinated from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
MINT
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE
PI 294099, G-11215
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
CMEN 691
Type: Inventory
PMEN 691
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Reference PI 294099, G-11215
Mentha spicata
L.
Genus:
Mentha
Section:
Mentha
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:
24082
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:576. 1753
Comment:
probably originated from allopolyploidy
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
09/20/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Mentha spicata
L. subsp.
condensata
(Briq.) Greuter & Burdet
(2 active accession[s])
Mentha spicata
L. subsp.
spicata
(4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
spearmint
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)
spear mint
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 216.
French
menthe verte
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)
menthe à épis
Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 216.
German
grüne Minze
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Krauseminze
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
hortelã-comum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
hortelã-preta
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
hortelã-verde
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
menta romana
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
yerbabuena
2
Esquivel, M. et al.
1992. 14. Inventory of the cultivated plants. In: Hammer, K. et al., eds., "...y tienen faxones y fabas muy diversos de los nuestros..." Origin, evolution and diversity of Cuban plant genetic resources. 2 vols 324.
Swedish
grönmynta
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Open-pollinated composite collected in Pennsylvania
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