Details for: PI 688257, Mentha spicata L., M spicata var crispa #2

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha spicata L.

Top Name:

M spicata var crispa #2

Origin:

Donated – Hungary

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

12 Nov 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Mentha spicata L.

Top Name:

M spicata var crispa #2

Origin:

Donated – Hungary

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

12 Nov 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

12 November 2016.
Hungary
Comment: In garden of University of Corvinus in Budapest, cultivated in Komarno, Slovakia
Donor(s):

Szkukalek, Atilla

Accession Names and Identifiers

M spicata var crispa #2

Type: Site identifier

Group: MENTHA

mint species, cultivars and selections

CMEN 748

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Found as a widely planted hairless variety of described species. Used as a naturally sweet fragrance. Located in Hungary in the garden of the University of Corvinus in Budapest suburb Soroksar. May contain high D-carvone, probably 70%. Introduced and cultivated in a private garden in Komarno, Slovakia

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)

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