Biology:Mentha micrantha
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Mentha |
| Species: | M. micrantha
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| Mentha micrantha Benth.
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Mentha micrantha, is a plant species in the genus Mentha, native to western Kazakhstan and southeastern Russia . The species was described in 1890 by botanist George Bentham.[3] Its epithet, micrantha, means "with small flowers."[4] It is unique among its genus as the only species that is an annual plant.[5][6]
Taxonomy
The proper classification of Mentha micrantha is contentious. Several taxonomy references, such as Plants of the World Online and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, accept it as a distinct species.[7][3][8] A 2006 treatment of the genus Mentha however asserted it to be a variety of Mentha pulegium.[1]
Where treated as distinct, M. micrantha has been considered to belong to the section Pulegium within the Mentha genus.[5] This section associates it with plants such as M. pulegium as well as Mentha gattefossei.[9]
Description
Mentha micrantha is a small annual plant, growing erect, branched, square-shaped stems measuring from 12 to 30 centimeters high. Its leaves are almost entire, oblong or ovate in shape. It flowers in verticillasters 7 to 12 millimeters in length, producing bi-labiate corollas, pink, rose-lilac or purple in color.[2]
Distribution
Mentha micrantha is distributed throughout southeast Russia and western to central Kazakhstan.[1][10] It occupies steppe areas and sinkholes.[5][2] It is a hygrophyte, preferring wet soil conditions.[11]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tucker & Naczi 2006, p. 26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Borissova 1977, p. 450.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr.Braun". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-125015.
- ↑ Harrison 2012, p. 135.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chambers & Hummer 1994, p. 430.
- ↑ Harley & Brighton 1977, p. 77.
- ↑ "Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr.Braun". Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450777-1.
- ↑ "Mentha micrantha (Fisch. ex Benth.) Heinr.Braun". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/species/7578429.
- ↑ Harley & Brighton 1977, p. 73.
- ↑ Ishmuratova et al. 2020, p. 39.
- ↑ Ishmuratova et al. 2020, p. 41.
References
- Borissova, A. G. (1977). "Genus 1301. Mentha L.". Flora of the U.S.S.R.. 21. B.K. Shishkin (ed.), N Landau (trans.). Jerusalem: Keterpress Enterprises. pp. 427–450. ISBN 0-7065-1573-0.
- Chambers, Henrietta L.; Hummer, Kim E. (1994). "Chromosome Counts in the Mentha Collection at the USDA: ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository". Taxon 43 (3): 423–432. doi:10.2307/1222717. ISSN 0040-0262. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1222717. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- Harley, R. M.; Brighton, C. A. (1977). "Chromosome numbers in the genus Mentha L.". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 74 (1): 71–96. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1977.tb01168.x. ISSN 1095-8339. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1977.tb01168.x. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- Ishmuratova, M. Yu.; Butumbayeva, M. K.; Takhanova, D. A.; Zholdybayeva, K. B.; Silant'eva, M. M. (2020). "Analysis of representatives of Lamiaceae family in the flora of the Central Kazakhstan". Karaganda University Bulletin 2 (98): 37–44.
- Tucker, Arthur O.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (2006-12-13). "Mentha: An Overview of Its Classification and Relationships". in Brian M. Lawrence. Mint: The Genus Mentha. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles (1st ed.). Boca Roton: CRC Press. pp. 1–40. ISBN 978-0-8493-0798-0.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4310382 entry
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