Mentha - Species

Species

The list below includes all of the taxa that have been recognized as species in recent works on Mentha. No author has recognized all of them. As with all biological classifications of plants, this list can go out of date at a moment's notice. Common names are also given for species that have them. Synonyms, along with cultivars and varieties are given in articles on the species.

  • Mentha aquatica – Water mint, or Marsh mint
  • Mentha arvensis – Corn Mint, Wild Mint, Japanese Peppermint, Field Mint, Pudina (पुदीना in Hindi)
  • Mentha asiatica - Asian Mint
  • Mentha australis - Australian mint
  • Mentha canadensis
  • Mentha cervina - Hart's Pennyroyal
  • Mentha citrata – Bergamot mint
  • Mentha crispata - Wrinkled-leaf mint
  • Mentha cunninghamii
  • Mentha dahurica - Dahurian Thyme
  • Mentha diemenica - Slender mint
  • Mentha gattefossei
  • Mentha grandiflora
  • Mentha haplocalyx
  • Mentha japonica
  • Mentha kopetdaghensis
  • Mentha laxiflora - Forest mint
  • Mentha longifolia - Mentha sylvestris, Horse Mint
  • Mentha piperita – Peppermint
  • Mentha pulegium – Pennyroyal
  • Mentha requienii – Corsican mint
  • Mentha sachalinensis - Garden mint
  • Mentha satureioides - Native Pennyroyal
  • Mentha spicata – M. viridis, syn M. cordifolia Spearmint, Curly mint
  • Mentha suaveolens – Apple mint, Pineapple mint (a variegated cultivar of Apple mint)
  • Mentha vagans - Gray mint

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