Mentha pamiroalaica

Mentha pamiroalaica is a mint species within the genus Mentha, endemic to the Gissar Range in Tajikistan.[1][2] The species was recorded by Russian botanist Antonina Borissova in 1954.[3]

Mentha pamiroalaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Species:
M. pamiroalaica
Binomial name
Mentha pamiroalaica

A perennial species, Mentha pamiroalaica grows to 60–160 centimeters in height and produces lilac-colored flowers.[1] It produces ovate to oblong or lanceate leaves 8–10 centimeters in length.[4]

Notes

  1. Flora 1977, p. 443.
  2. "Mentha pamiroalaica". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. "Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 283 (1954)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. Flora 1977, p. 431.

References

  • Flora of the U.S.S.R. 21. B.K. Shishkin (ed.), N Landau (trans.). Jersualem: Keterpress Enterprises. 1977. ISBN 0-7065-1573-0.CS1 maint: others (link)
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