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Apr 5, 2024 · mint, (genus Mentha), genus of 25 species of fragrant herbs of the mint family . Native to Eurasia, North America, southern Africa, and Australia, mints are widely distributed throughout the temperate areas of the world and have naturalized in many places.
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Fossil record. References. External links. Mentha (also known as mint, from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae (mint family). [4] . The exact distinction between species is unclear; it is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist.
Mentha (mint) is a genus of about 25 species (and many hundreds of varieties) (Davidson 1999). Species within Mentha have a subcosmopolitan distribution across Europe, Africa, Asia (Brickell and Zuk 1997), Australia, and North America. Several mint hybrids commonly occur.
- Magnoliopsida
- Plantae
- Magnoliophyta
- Lamiales
Sep 4, 2018 · Mentha species belong to the family Lamiaceae and are widely distributed in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America [20,21]. Plants from this genus can be found in multiple and diverse environments [ 20 , 22 ].
- Bahare Salehi, Zorica Stojanović-Radić, Jelena Matejić, Farukh Sharopov, Hubert Antolak, Dorota Kręg...
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- 2018
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Feb 20, 2021 · Among the several studies carried out on the antioxidant potential of Mentha species, Park et al. reported that out of nine Mentha species M. longifolia was the most effective one, showing a 88.6% antioxidant activity compared to the 93.0% activity of ascorbic acid at a concentration of 100 µL/mL, whereas M. suaveolens ‘Variegata ...
- Majid Tafrihi, Muhammad Imran, Tabussam Tufail, Tanweer Aslam Gondal, Gianluca Caruso, Somesh Sharma...
- 10.3390/molecules26041118
- 2021
- Molecules. 2021 Feb; 26(4): 1118.
Dec 3, 2020 · The genus Mentha belongs to the Lamiaceae family and includes 25 to 30 species that grow in the temperate regions of Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and North America (Dorman, Kosar, Kahlos, Holm, & Hiltunen, 2003; de Sousa Barros et al., 2015).
Mentha. — mint. Much confusion exists in the identification of Mentha species because floras frequently apply the wrong names to species descriptions, and also because hybrids are common. Many species of Mentha have two types of plants: ones with small flowers that have only female parts, and ones with the usual, larger bisexual flowers.
