Taxon:  Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. polyadenia (Briq.) Briq.



Summary
Genus:
Mentha
Section:
Mentha
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:
315733
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:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. calliantha (Stapf) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. caucasica Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. hymalaiensis Briq. (0 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. schimperi (Briq.) Briq. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. typhoides (Briq.) Harley (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. wissii (Launert) Codd (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. asiatica (Boriss.) Rech. f. (0 active accession[s])
Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. var. longifolia (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mentha sylvestris L. subsp. polyadenia Briq.

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Reference(s)
  1. Codd, L. E. 1983. Southern African species of Mentha L. (Lamiaceae). Bothalia 14:172.
  2. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  4. Tucker, A. O. & R. F. C. Naczi. 2007. Mentha: an overview of its classification and relationships. Mint: the genus Mentha 25. Note: CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315733. Accessed 1 May 2026.