Mentha diemenica

Slender mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
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 Van Diemen's Land, which is now Tasmania.[1] It is a mint species within the genus Mentha.

References

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