CHR 225149 – Mentha spicata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 225149
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 July 2007
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Mentha spicata L.
Determiner:
R.M. Harley
Identification date:
1984-05-23 (Verbatim: 23.5.1984)
Preferred name:
Mentha spicata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
rugose-leaved form. M.spicata is a tetraploid (2n=48). In leaf-form this plant is tending towards on of its diploid ancestors M.suaveolens Ehrh (=M.rotundifofia auct.non (L.) huds.)
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Mentha x cordifolia Opiz
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1976-08-13 (Verbatim: 13/8/1976)
Preferred name:
Mentha L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Victoria Street, Christchurch. Department of Agriculture car park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.524 172.63
Verbatim locality:
Victoria St. Christchurch (rear of Dept. of Agriculture).
Verbatim collector:
AJ Healy 72/25
Standardised collector:
Arthur J. Healy
Verbatim date:
10/2/1972
Start date:
1972-02-10
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M35 80- 42- (WGS84 -43.52436 172.63494)
Habitat:
waste land
Notes:
forming patches
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 M35 80- 42-
Terblanche D., 5.July.07
Terblanche D., 5.July.07
Supplementary remarks:
This is a common mint in N.Z and seems to be of a mild clone and yet is fertile. A plant from the vacinity of this specimen was found to have 2n=48 chromosomes.
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