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Details for: PI 73488,
Melissa officinalis
L.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melissa officinalis
L.
Origin:
Collected – Iran
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1927
PI Assigned:
1927
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Inventory Volume:
91
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melissa officinalis
L.
Origin:
Collected – Iran
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1927
PI Assigned:
1927
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
Iran
Collector(s):
Persian Exhibit - Sesquicentennial Exposition
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Melissa officinalis
L.
Genus:
Melissa
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Nomen number:
24036
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:592. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
balm
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English
beebalm
1
Magness, J. R. et al.
1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
English
lemonbalm
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
melissa
1
Lawrence, B. M.
1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. In: Harley, R. M. & T. Reynolds, eds., Advances in labiate science 400.
French
mélisse officinale
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Zitronenmelisse
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
erva-cidreira
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
citraria
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
toronjil
2
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. Colegio Salesiano, Lima, Peru.
Swedish
citronmeliss
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
xiang feng hua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russian
melissa lekarstvennaja
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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