Mentha pulegium

Mentha pulegium

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mentha pulegium L., Sp. Pl.: 577. 1753
  • ≡Pulegium vulgare Mill., Gard. Dict. Ed. 8: 1. 1768
  • ≡Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 125. 1844
  • ≡Minthe pulegia (L.) St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130. 1880
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 94. 1891
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 318. 1896
  • =Mentha exigua L., Cent. Pl. II: 20. 1756
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. exigua (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597. 1881
  • =Pulegium erectum Mill., Gard. Dict. Ed. 8: 2. 1768
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. erecta (Mill.) Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 93. 1891
  • =Mentha aromatica Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 80. 1796
  • =Mentha gibraltarica Willd., Enum. Pl.: 611. 1809
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subsp. gibraltarica (Willd.) Briq. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 318. 1896
  • =Mentha tomentella Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 73. 1809
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. tomentella (Hoffmanns. & Link) Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 255. 1913
  • =Thymus bidentatus Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 360. 1812
  • =Pulegium aromaticum Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 367. 1821
  • =Pulegium heterophyllum Opiz ex Boenn., Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 174. 1824
  • =Pulegium pubescens Opiz ex Boenn., Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 174. 1824
  • =Pulegium tomentellum C. Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvi. 1826
  • =Mentha pulegioides Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 49. 1827
  • =Mentha pulegium var. gigantea Lej. & Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 235. 1831
  • =Mentha pulegium var. humifusa Lej. & Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 235. 1831
  • =Mentha pulegium var. microphylla Friv. in Flora 18: 336. 1835
  • ≡Mentha subtomentella var. microphylla (Friv.) Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 492. 1890
  • =Mentha montana Lowe ex Benth. in Candolle, Prodr. 12: 175. 1848
  • =Mentha tomentosa var. villosa Benth. in Candolle, Prodr. 12: 165. 1848
  • ≡Mentha aucheri Pérard, Cat. Rais. Pl. Montluçon, Suppl.: 21. 1878
  • =Micromeria dalmatica Fenzl in Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 6: 247. 1856, nom. illeg.
  • =Pulegium micranthum Claus in Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 8: 244. 1856
  • =Mentha pulegium var. prostrata Timb.-Lagr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 334. 1860
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subvar. prostrata (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy in Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 358. 1909
  • =Micromeria fenzlii Regel in Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1866: 93. 1866
  • =Pulegium tomentellum f. erianthum Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 205. 1870
  • =Pulegium tomentellum f. ninimum Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 205. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. algeriense Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 203. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. hirsutum Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 203. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. incanum Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 203. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. linearifolium Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 203. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. nummulariuoides Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 204. 1870
  • =Pulegium vulgare f. serratum Pérard in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 17: 203. 1870
  • =Pulegium pulegium H. Karst., Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 977. 1886
  • =Mentha albarracinensis Pau in Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 1: 14. 1887
  • =Mentha hirtiflora Opiz ex Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 492. 1890
  • =Mentha pulegium f. cephalonia Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 493. 1890
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subsp. cephalonia (Heinr. Braun) Kokkini, Taxin. Mel. Gen. Mentha: 33. 1983
  • =Mentha pulegium var. hirtiflora Heinr. Braun, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 492. 1890
  • =Mentha subtomentella Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 492. 1890
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. subtomentella (Heinr. Braun) Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1914
  • =Mentha subtomentella var. ceplaloniae Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 493. 1890
  • =Mentha subtomentella var. humillima Heinr. Braun in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 40: 492. 1890
  • =Mentha pulegium var. hirsuta Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 94. 1891
  • =Mentha pulegium var. pubescens Briq., Lab. Alp. Mar.: 94. 1891
  • =Mentha pulegium var. hyperiantha Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 798. 1896
  • =Mentha erinoides Heldr., Hlor. Mukon.: 249. 1901
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subsp. erinoides (Heldr.) Kokkini, Taxin. Mel. Gen. Mentha: 36. 1983
  • =Mentha pulegium f. foetida Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 254. 1913
  • =Mentha pulegium f. macrostylos Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 255. 1913
  • =Mentha pulegium f. sphenoides Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 254. 1913
  • =Mentha pulegium f. strongylophylla Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 254. 1913
  • ≡Mentha pulegium var. strongylophylla (Topitz) Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1914
  • =Mentha pulegium var. thymoides Topitz in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 30(2): 255. 1913
  • =Mentha pulegium f. anodonta Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 94. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. brusanensis Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 94. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. cermatisa Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. communis Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. hellenica Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. setuligera Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium f. stenobasea Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium var. cacocea Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 94. 1915
  • =Mentha pulegium var. cotorensis Topitz in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 95. 1915
  • =Mentha daghestanica Boriss. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 16: 285. 1954
  • ≡Pulegium daghestanicum (Boriss.) Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 12: 429. 1977
  • =Mentha pulegium f. albiflora Cheshm. in Fitologiya 7: 81. 1977
  • =Mentha pulegium f. alba Rainha in Agron. Lusit. 40: 30. 1980
  • =Micromeria maritima Yıld. & al. in Ot Sist. Bot. Dergisi 13: 29. 2006
  • =Mentha pulegium var. eriantha DC. in Lamarck & Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 6: 400. 1815
  • =Mentha pulegium var. villosa Benth. in Candolle, Prodr. 12: 175. 1848
  • ≡Mentha pulegium subsp. tomentosa (Sm.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 597. 1881
  • ≡Mentha tomentosa Sm. in Rees, Cycl. 23: 23. 1812

Content

Distribution

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Euro+Med: Albania nativeA; Algeria nativeA; Austria, with Liechtenstein nativeA; Azores nativeA; Baleares nativeA; Belarus nativeA; Belgium, with Luxembourg nativeA; Bulgaria nativeA; Canary islands nativeA; Corsica nativeA; Crete, with Karpathos nativeA; Crimea nativeA; Cyprus nativeA; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands nativeA); Egypt nativeA; Former Czechoslovakia nativeA; Former Yugoslavia nativeA; France, with Channel is. and Monaco nativeA; Germany nativeA; Great Britain nativeA; Greece nativeA; Hungary nativeA; Ireland, with N Ireland nativeA; Israel/Palestine-Jordan nativeA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City nativeA; Lebanon-Syria nativeA; Libya nativeA; Madeira archipelago nativeA; Morocco nativeA; Netherlands nativeA; Poland nativeA; Portugal nativeA; Romania nativeA; Russia (North Caucasus nativeA, S European Russia nativeA); Sardinia nativeA; Sicily, with Malta nativeA; South Caucasus nativeA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra nativeA; Switzerland nativeA; Tunisia nativeA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativeA, Turkey-in-Europe nativeA); Ukraine nativeA

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): poleoB; Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese (Spain): mentaB, menta poleoB, poledoB, poleduB, poleoB, puliguínB; Basque (Spain): chorta-loaB, chortaloáB, txortaloB, txortaloaB; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): herba cuqueraB, herba de Sant PonçB, herba de la muntanyaB, herba de mal de venB, herba dels estanysB, poliolB, poliol d'aiguaB, poliol d'ayguaB, poliol d´aiguaB, poliol d´ayguaB, poliol negreB, poniolB, poniol de rieraB, poniol d´aiguaB, poniol negreB, poriolB, puliolB, puliotB, puriolB, puriol d´aiguaB; Finnish (Finland): puolanminttuC; Galician (Spain): corbadosB, corbansB, empuensoB, herba dos cantoresB, hortelâ-pimenta-mansaB, mentoesB, mentónB, ourogo bravoB, poegoB, poeixoB, poejoB, poenjoB, poenxoB, poexoB, pueixoB, puexoB, salpuroB; High Aragonese (Spain): poleoB; Majorcan (Mallorca): poliolB, puriolB; Portuguese (Portugal): hortelâ-pimenta-mansaB, poejoB, poejosB, poenjoB, poenxoB, poexoB, puegioB, puejoB, pôejoB; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): hierba buenaB, hierba cuqueraB, hierba pulgueraB, hierbabuenaB, mentaB, menta legítimaB, menta naturalB, menta poleoB, menta-poleoB, mentastro con olor de poleo comúnB, poleaB, poleioB, poleoB, poleo blancoB, poleo del campoB, poleo manchadoB, poleo mentaB, poleo realB, poleo silvestreB, poleo-mentaB, poleomentaB, poleosB, poleuB, poliolB, póleoB, tanagelB, te poleoB, té del campoB, té poleoB; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): polejmyntaC; Valencian (Spain): brosseta de riuB, herba de mentaB, pohol negreB, poliolB, poliol d'aiguaB, poliol mentaB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
C. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS