Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 3rd, C, 254

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 592. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Type-Protologue

Institution(s): LT: LINN-745.1; ST: RAW

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Asteranae Takht.
• order:  Lamiales Bromhead
• family:  !!Lamiaceae Martinov
• genus:  Melissa L.

Other names for this basionym:

Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac

Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel

Thymus melissa (L.) E.H.L. Krause

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Ecuador , IPCN , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Paraguay

Common Names:

• balm or lemon balm (English)
  • No References available
• bee balm (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• dʰurup (धुरुप) (Birhor, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.
• Lemon Balm (English, United States)
  • No References available
• sweet balm (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Toronjil (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Toronjil (Ecuador)
  • No References available
• xiang feng hua (Pinyin, China)
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1994. Flora of China (Verbenaceae through Solanaceae). 17: 1–378. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
• नींम्बु बाम (Hindi, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.

Keywords: BOL, CEC, FCC, MC, PAK, FNA1591