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



Summary
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 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
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.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Codd, L. E. 1983. Southern African species of Mentha L. (Lamiaceae). Bothalia 14:170.
  2. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  0
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  0
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 0
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 0
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natalw.0
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaals.w.0
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal (w.), Transvaal (s.w.)]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315731. Accessed 15 April 2026.