Mentha diemenica

Mentha diemenica, or slender mint, is a mint species within the genus Mentha, native to Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[1] The species is named after Van Diemen's Land, which is now called Tasmania.[2]

Slender mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species:
M. diemenica
Binomial name
Mentha diemenica

See also

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology. Vol. III M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1659.


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