Mentha diemenica

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Slender mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species: M. diemenica
Binomial name
Mentha diemenica
Sprengel

Mentha diemenica is known by the common name of slender mint. The species is named after after Van Diemen's Land, which is now Tasmania.[1] It is a mint species within the genus Mentha.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1947-). CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology III M-Q. CRC Press, 1659.