Details for: PI 557887, Mentha spicata L., 'Erospicata'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha spicata L.

Cultivar:

'Erospicata'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

18 Jul 1991

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha spicata L.

Cultivar:

'Erospicata'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

18 Jul 1991

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Oregon, United States
Comment: Received from Sturtz to NCGR-Corvallis
Developer(s):

Sturtz, George, Oakville Herb Farm

Donated

18 July 1991.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

Sturtz, George, Oakville Herb Farm

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Erospicata'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: MENTHA

mint species, cultivars and selections

CMEN 625

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

PMEN 625

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Unusual chemotype, a high-menthone clone with no objection- able components, well balanced. Tall, very branched, crisp

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	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)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GENSTOCK	MENTHA CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset			MENTHA.CORE.1998		Not Available