Details for: W6 20656, Melissa officinalis L., W6 20656


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melissa officinalis L.
Top Name:
W6 20656
Origin:
Donated – Basilicata, Italy
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melissa officinalis L.
Top Name:
W6 20656
Origin:
Donated – Basilicata, Italy
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
April 1998.
Basilicata, Italy

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
W6 20656
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Climate: Eu-Mediterranean. 750 m above sea level. Use: aromatic. Perennial.
Melissa officinalis L.
Genus:
Melissa
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Nomen number:

24036
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:592. 1753
Verified:
05/11/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melissa bicornis Klokov

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbalm  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishbeebalm  1Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Englishlemonbalm  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishmelissa  1Lawrence, B. M. 1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. In: Harley, R. M. & T. Reynolds, eds., Advances in labiate science 400.
Frenchmélisse officinale  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanZitronenmelisse  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portugueseerva-cidreira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcitraria  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishtoronjil  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Colegio Salesiano, Lima, Peru.
Swedishcitronmeliss  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexiang feng hua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russianmelissa lekarstvennaja  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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