Details for: PI 557767, Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq., M. longifolia subsp. capensis

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq.

Top Name:

M. longifolia subsp. capensis

Origin:

Developed – South Africa

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

21 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq.

Top Name:

M. longifolia subsp. capensis

Origin:

Developed – South Africa

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

21 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

South Africa
Comment: Received from A.J. Els to NCGR-Corvallis

Donated

21 March 1990.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):

Els, A.J., Department of Agricultural Economics

Accession Names and Identifiers

M. longifolia subsp. capensis

Type: Site identifier

Group: MENTHA

mint species, cultivars and selections

CMEN 585

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

PMEN 585

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Procurement arranged through Dr. George White, Plant Exchange Office.
Leaf Shape = Lanceolate
Flower Color = White
Verticillium = Resistant, no visible symptoms
Oil Composition = 32.8% Puleone, 24.3% menthone, 11.3% 1,8-cineole

Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subspp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq.

Genus:

Mentha

Section:

Mentha

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

315731

Place of publication:

H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a):321. 1896

Verified:

09/21/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. calliantha (Stapf) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. caucasica Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. hymalaiensis Briq. (2 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. longifolia (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. minutiflora (Borbás ex A. Kern.) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. noeana (Briq.) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. polyadenia (Briq.) Briq. (1 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. schimperi (Briq.) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. typhoides (Briq.) Harley (1 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. wissii (Launert) Codd (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. asiatica (Boriss.) Rech. f. (3 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. longifolia (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) L. (21 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Mentha capensis Thunb.

Common names

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	CHROMOSOME NUMBER	CHROMOSOME NUMBER (PLOIDY LEVEL).	2n=24 (n=12)		MENTHA.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
GENSTOCK	MENTHA CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset			MENTHA.CORE.1998		Not Available